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Shoot for the moon — so we can help the Earth #TEDTalks

Philosopher Meghan Sullivan and space architect Ariel Ekblaw don’t usually work at the same altitude … but put them in a room together, and they’ll answer the big questions. Drawing on wisdom from Aristotle to astronauts, they discuss what humans inherently owe each other, what it takes to live a good life and what a…

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Philosopher Meghan Sullivan and space architect Ariel Ekblaw don’t usually work at the same altitude … but put them in a room together, and they’ll answer the big questions. Drawing on wisdom from Aristotle to astronauts, they discuss what humans inherently owe each other, what it takes to live a good life and what a rulebook for a better world might look like.

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  1. @juliamadalena3374

    September 4, 2026 at 6:48 pm

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  2. @juliamadalena3374

    September 4, 2026 at 6:49 pm

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  3. @juliamadalena3374

    September 4, 2026 at 6:49 pm

    I. Don’t want listening. Alot. Evil. Come ..

  4. @juliamadalena3374

    September 4, 2026 at 6:50 pm

    Look. Is evil. Use. You. Picture. Is. So bad. Again. Again .

  5. @stephenhedge2489

    September 5, 2026 at 5:31 am

    Why can’t a cancer cure be found IN Gravity?
    Spend the money down here.
    Billions are spent on space “stuff” & I’m not convinced we are getting value for money.

    • @B_o_o_s_e

      September 5, 2026 at 5:45 pm

      I know right?
      “Fund space exploration and we’ll find a cure for cancer.” Is a crazy take.

      Don’t get me wrong, I love most the space stuff we’ve done and are doing. But I can’t argue against the fact that the money used could have gone to something more immediately helpful and down to Earth.

  6. @N00BleSouP24

    September 5, 2026 at 4:25 pm

    Put the ****ing data centers in space and cool them with the cold of the vacuum instead of letting it steal our water & ruin our sleep

    • @B_o_o_s_e

      September 5, 2026 at 5:33 pm

      The Vacuum of space won’t cool anything. In a Vacuum the heat being produced from an object has no where to go. Because there isn’t anything for that heat to transfer too. So a data center will just get hotter and hotter if left in a Vacuum without a way to radiate the heat away from the electronics.
      Data centers in space is a really dumb idea, and an even larger waste of money.

  7. @ThomasGrand89

    September 5, 2026 at 6:23 pm

    I often tell people that if we want to see our companies value humanity as a whole, we collectively need to invest into our companies so that we have a say in how they act. We need to shift ourselves from being a consumer economy to being an investor economy. Only then can we collectively steer our companies into doing what is good for humanity.

    • @richardoake2304

      September 6, 2026 at 3:11 pm

      @ThomasGrand89 So we have billionaires that use our money for their own purposes aka Elon Musky, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and of course, Google. I don’t think there use some money aligns with the rest of the country.

    • @ThomasGrand89

      September 6, 2026 at 3:21 pm

      @richardoake2304 if you spend your money to purchase goods through Amazon, they will use your money, as well. The difference is when you are an investor, you literally get a vote.

  8. @matvinnels42

    September 5, 2026 at 11:12 pm

    Brilliant!!! Well said!!!

  9. @thomasjohn2437

    September 6, 2026 at 2:26 am

    When I here you going up in pitch at the end of your sentences makes you seem that you don’t trust what your saying is true.

  10. @GonzoFumbleficker

    September 6, 2026 at 10:23 am

    Dementia. Otherwise known as ‘human exceptionalism’.

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