Jon writes:
Looking at the bigger picture: What should our goal as a species be?
Short-term, abate and survive the immediate post-industrial environmental crisis.
Medium-term, separate our species' destiny from this planet.
Long-term, separate our species' destiny from that of this star system.
Party throughout.
"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
-Terence