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Civilization on the Moon — and what it means for life on Earth | Jessy Kate Schingler

Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. We could realistically see people starting to live and work on the Moon in the next decade — and how we do it matters, says space policy researcher Jessy Kate Schingler. In this fascinating talk, she discusses the critical…

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We could realistically see people starting to live and work on the Moon in the next decade — and how we do it matters, says space policy researcher Jessy Kate Schingler. In this fascinating talk, she discusses the critical issues that arise when we consider civilization in outer space — such as governance, property rights and resource management — and shows how the Moon can be a template for solving our biggest challenges here on Earth.

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47 Comments

  1. kokofan50

    October 27, 2020 at 5:36 pm

    She said nothing in more words than I have ever seen before.

  2. Ei Epix

    October 27, 2020 at 5:39 pm

    Now I’m gonna take economic classes

  3. M I K E

    October 27, 2020 at 5:40 pm

    the reason the rich are focusing on expanding horizons is because global warming is REAL and a definite threat to to life on earth.

  4. Ń Ĕ O Ń M Ú Ś Ĩ Č

    October 27, 2020 at 6:05 pm

    Because Moon is Near to us That’s it 🙄😁😎 Ok Now we can’t leave this Earth and no matter how big is your Fund The Whole Earth Can Transform any other samo as Earthly and no point can’t break this until we transform any 😁and it’s true those taxpaying money are not very easy to have as hight Salary plz stop design and if there some possibility remain wen our ship reach there we all will finished by then and that robo ship will Struck There 😁🤣🤣

  5. Lisa Love Ministries

    October 27, 2020 at 6:16 pm

    Seek God’s will daily.
    Proverbs 9:10 🙏

  6. Robert McDonnold

    October 27, 2020 at 6:17 pm

    So far there’s only one contender for the moon and mars. There’s only one who has accomplished anything. There’s only one who has a ship large enough to carry people and supplies.
    NASA, blue origin, ULA or Boeing or whoever else is there, have done next to nothing. Competition does encourage change and improvement. So far, they’re still hung up in committee.

  7. Margaret Lees

    October 27, 2020 at 6:57 pm

    Bad news for all sea inhabitants:the ocean is the communal heritage of mankind. Hard luck guys🦈🐬🐳🐟🐠🐙🦀🦞🦐🐡

  8. 12 legged Sasquatch..

    October 27, 2020 at 7:05 pm

    No one went to the moon and the Earth is flat…. and you can’t prove otherwise.

  9. GIL

    October 27, 2020 at 7:06 pm

    Ralph- “To the moon, Alice!! Bang zoom!”
    Alice- “Sounds good to me, Ralph.”

  10. David Hunt

    October 27, 2020 at 7:13 pm

    The basic human need for freedom is not compatible with communism, so there must be war unless they change.

  11. Sam Braz

    October 27, 2020 at 7:16 pm

    More lie from ted. No one os going to the moon. Impossible. In a open system energy MUST disperse in every conceivable direction. Wake up.

  12. Sean Yunt

    October 27, 2020 at 7:37 pm

    Thinly veiled globalist agenda.

  13. John Howard

    October 27, 2020 at 7:56 pm

    Good talk except the nonsense at the beginning where she uses the “Billionaires” label.

  14. The Chopping Block

    October 27, 2020 at 8:03 pm

    She started to lose me at “capitalism bad” and then she went full potato talking about biodiversity on the fucking MOON. I’m out. TED has become a sad joke.

  15. Ryan Anderson

    October 27, 2020 at 8:10 pm

    Commons versus the Enclosure Movement. Since the 1500s the war of the rich on the poor.

  16. Ryan Anderson

    October 27, 2020 at 8:17 pm

    When you place the importance of property OVER that of survival of persons, you have Earth. This is what needs to be rethought. It isn’t socialism or capitalism, it is SURVIVAL, and it is the real question that we have forgotten.

  17. Graham Russell

    October 27, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    Didnt think the left wing were in a position to give speeches on how we should handle the moons resources or even meteorites, so, in her case my 1st thought is columbhs and the Americans.

  18. Robert Burke

    October 27, 2020 at 9:17 pm

    When you release a video the day after they say there is more water on the moon than we thought…lol

  19. Robert Burke

    October 27, 2020 at 9:25 pm

    There is an organization already trying to implement space law: Asgardia

  20. Antonio Torres

    October 27, 2020 at 9:29 pm

    this lady is crazy, you build the technology, the hardware and expose every penny to get to the moon and when you are there, anybody from earth may demand you have to take them there because the moon is a community property?… if so why you do not get there in first place? you can not claim something is your property if you are unable to reach it with the best of your resources! lets putting in this way, if somebody claim to “own the moon” let them prove it with their ability to get there!

  21. The Way

    October 27, 2020 at 10:05 pm

    Lmfao these fools and there cia agendas, i guess no ones seen the movie Did We Go, that you cant even buy now! Aswell anything else on there silver snaked tounge! They dont have the original telemetry ! There cgi makers! Nasa doesnt evem hide this at all. This ladys a witch! Shalom

  22. Terry Wheelock

    October 27, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    NOTE: Anyone, who talks about “the RULE of LAW” and our “democratic”, it is our “social” technologies! This lady is nothing more than a COMMONIST SOCIALIST! Wait till people all live on the backside of the moon and cause it to escape out of orbit ……. RIP human race!

    This is all just BABBLE! She is like a two-headed Chihuahua, makes a lot of noise goes round and round and never does ….!

    PS: For all you smartallics, if they all live on the front side, it will crash into the earth …… RIP human race!
    PSS: Let me introduce you to a little thing called: “JUSTICE by LAWS” which is the ONLY way to achieve “LIBERTY and JUSTICE for ALL!”

  23. Jonathan Rossi

    October 27, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    1:18 I quit my job with the help of, *p a i d t o b e h o m e .c o m*

  24. Eli Lee

    October 27, 2020 at 11:26 pm

    Why we should go the moon when we have never tried hard together to fix the problems on the earth? How could that be a solution?

    • Susan Hojdik

      October 28, 2020 at 4:03 am

      We can send all the Commies and holy weirdos there. Our problems will be solved😉👍

  25. Michael Cayce

    October 27, 2020 at 11:29 pm

    I like the way this Lady thinks.

  26. Ray Duffill

    October 28, 2020 at 2:19 am

    Jessy, why haven’t you learnt in the last 20 years that the Temperature of the Moon ranges from 250 Degrees Fahrenheit in the Day to Minus 208 Fahrenheit at Night ? Any Man on the Moon would either Bake or Freeze to death, please stop perpetrating these fanciful lies !

  27. David A

    October 28, 2020 at 4:12 am

    lmao “Treaties” ?!? Niave you are .

  28. Robert Burke

    October 28, 2020 at 4:40 am

    You do realize China throws a kink in all of that.

  29. Jake Codd

    October 28, 2020 at 6:17 am

    Reproducing the qualities of capitalism. Yeah.., no. Capitalism must be left behind if the dream of off world colonies is to be realised, there will be no sharing resources or solving the current world crises until capitalism finally dies and we can move on from this predatory state of society. There will only be great exchanges of money, not ideas.

  30. Alka Soli SEER CREATORS

    October 28, 2020 at 6:30 am

    Humans should confine within 🌍..

  31. Jeremy Kelaher

    October 28, 2020 at 10:30 am

    Read the Luna novels. Careful what you wish for. Societies are shaped by what is scarce.

  32. Albedo D. Overlord

    October 28, 2020 at 11:21 am

    Populating moon can add security on Earth, I mean the “Lunar people” can see the coming potential threat on our planet first!

  33. O.H.

    October 28, 2020 at 11:42 am

    Great, let’s go to the moon until we deplete the only limited resource there, water.

  34. Dan Inbari

    October 28, 2020 at 12:57 pm

    fascinating talk. got my mental wheels turning. 🙂

  35. Ismael Alves

    October 28, 2020 at 2:50 pm

    Inequality of capitalism?? Wtf… Go to Cuba or North Korea

  36. Theresa Ann

    October 28, 2020 at 4:37 pm

    Billions spent while how many on Earth have no clean drinking water, food and shelter.

  37. somedeveloperblokey

    October 28, 2020 at 6:01 pm

    Christ on crack woman! READ THE PLANET – civilisation is clearly collapsing in on itself globally and you think another civilisation is the answer?

  38. k w

    October 28, 2020 at 9:31 pm

    The interior of the moon has advanced amenities, is self sustaining, and climate controlled. It is lacking pollution, and greed. Any kind of visitation may be deemed a threat.

  39. Chaslau Tamashevich

    October 29, 2020 at 2:22 am

    Haha… Where are we, youtube commentators? And where are those people who will make real decisions about the moon?) However, I think that rebuilding all basic social rules on Earth will be the first astronomic task for humanity. The human’s mind is a product of millions years of evolution which have very basic instinct rules hidden under the mind decorations. We are not yet strong enough to use the power of mind to choose the future course and make right surviving decisions. All directions before was given us by the pain and fear. And of course, our mind should be changed and shaped for many years to realize that we all are parts of one single organism which is rapidly loosing time and resources. It is not yet even the communism, as some people here like to say, it is more biological way, I think.)

  40. D

    October 29, 2020 at 2:41 am

    Great, just what we need…space liberals

  41. Andrea Paul

    October 29, 2020 at 4:12 am

    Destroy earth, no worries. We’ll head off to the moon. Those of us who can afford it, that is. Disgusting.

  42. Swapnil Jadhav

    October 29, 2020 at 6:07 am

    2:29 Billionaires with the rockets aren’t interesting..yeah i see that (>.>)

  43. Sina Ngag

    October 29, 2020 at 7:05 am

    it doesnt mean anything

  44. dudsey loler

    October 29, 2020 at 7:19 am

    You got my vote

  45. willy956

    October 29, 2020 at 1:21 pm

    I’m glad TED is back on track! Good talk and finally an idea worth spreading!

  46. The Pochade

    October 29, 2020 at 9:31 pm

    China has already got a rover wandering around on the dark side of the moon. No doubt the CCP has started its plan to dominate and control the raping of the natural resources in our moon.

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