We already live inside, all together (was We've been building into the sky)

Where have you EVER lived that that was true, cause that sure hasnt been my experience. Every apartment building Ive ever lived in was a social reacto alright, in other words, a powder keg...KA-BOOM!! Spare me PLEASE from your social reactor/powder keg. Humans have ALWAYS done better widely scattered than squashed together, the optimal Human grouping is a village, coincidentally, the perfect social unit for the Diaspora.

From: hitssquad
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 4:27 AM
To: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [spacesettlers] We already live inside, all together (was We've been building into the sky)

--- In mailto:spacesettlers%40yahoogroups.com, "Victor Smith" wrote:
> we have wars and terrorists today that can't get far enough away from those they hate to stem violence

Good walls make good neighbors.

> what happens when EVERYONE on Earth knows that they all live in the same big building as everyone else?

They already do live in the same big building. That thing over your head -- it's not space. It's an atmospheric roof -- topped by more roof. You're inside, and you've never been out -- along with 7 billion other people.

Not that it's a problem. Steven Pinker points out that despite this -- or perhaps because of it -- violence is at an all-time historical low:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ramBFRt1Uzk

The advantage of a quintillion people living together on Earth would -- or will -- be having so many creative people in close proximity. Think of it as a type of reactor -- a social reactor.