The other week I attended an unconference, which had a session on the implications of establishing colonies on other planets. Although this was largely meant to be about the likely impact on Earth’s natural environment — what will be the impact of extracting raw materials from asteroids and other planets? — some of the discussion reminded me of the challenges faced by the long-distance explorers, merchants, and colonists of four hundred years ago. There are quite a few parallels I can see between travelling to Mars, say, in a hundred years’ time, and travelling between continents in the age of sail.
This reminds me of the classic paper of Douglas Irwin in journal of political economy about dutch and anglo East Indian Companies. Amazing piece. Thank you.
This reminds me of the classic paper of Douglas Irwin in journal of political economy about dutch and anglo East Indian Companies. Amazing piece. Thank you.
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