Key insights from
The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth
By Michio Kaku
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11 minute read
Published Feb 20, 2018
What you'll learn
Planet earth is overdue for another catastrophe. It may not occur for thousands or even millions of years, but there have been five mass extinction moments in earth’s history, and another is inevitable. Whether it’s man-made or natural, terrestrial or from the deep reaches of space, we must pursue alternative living situations beyond earth while there’s still time. Theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku shows us where things stand with space exploration and the hurdles that humans must clear to become a multiplanetary species.
Key insights
- 1 The human species was almost completely eliminated 75,000 years ago.
- 2 Preparing for another mass extinction will require developing technologies to make life on Mars and the moon viable.
- 3 We’ve entered a golden age for space travel, with billionaires leading the effort instead of governments.
- 4 Harvesting minerals on asteroids is an opportunity that Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are taking seriously.
- 5 Terraforming Mars will require artificially raising the atmospheric temperature by melting the planet’s ice caps.
- 6 No longer confined to fairytales, immortality is the goal of eager scientists and entrepreneurs.
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