I see tremendous advantages in space, travel, and technology. However, it's like an amusement park with frantic children and anxious parents, all disconnected from each other and nature. We accumulate trivial things: stuffed animals, pretzels, sugary treats, fried foods, and sodas, leading to upset stomachs, ulcers, obesity, anxiety, and depression.
We've been indoors too long, under artificial lights, deprived of fresh air and nature's beauty. Walking in the woods, absorbing green leaves, smelling fresh air, and hearing flowing water and birdsong are vital experiences we've neglected. City dwellers have become desensitized, cut off from nature, and drawn into negativity.
Space travel, while the ultimate encounter with natural forces, is not the true imprint on our senses. We weren't designed to focus on lifeless matter, black holes, voids, and cataclysmic events. The sounds and sights of our natural world are what comfort us, not deserted moons and inhospitable planets.
We don’t need to foolishly drift into space searching for a life raft on other planets. We need to focus on this planet, even if it seems boring to some. The anxiety of staying grounded and solving our earthly problems is overwhelming for some, leading them to seek relief elsewhere.
Our actions are often driven by subconscious impulses rather than conscious choices. It's time to breathe, to break free from old patterns. Humans can thrive on this planet without constant anxiety. We must care for each other and the environment, and end warfare. The world's strongest nations should unite to make warfare, bloodshed, and tyranny commercially devastating for any country that engages in them.