Comments by "Name" (@Name-kd5jj) on "Lex Fridman" channel.

  1. I'm going to attempt to answer the last question: The meaning of life is to find happiness. Happiness changes from one person to the next. Its up to each individual to find what it is that they need to be happy. What I will say is there are a few universal truths about happiness. You need at least one or two of four things to be happy. -Health: Its difficult to be happy if you are in constant pain or suffer from disabilities which limit your freedom. However some people are perfectly content despite these afflictions. -Purpose: Giving yourself a reason to get up in the morning is essential. This can be a job, your family, religion etc. Especially if you feel like you are a part of something bigger. Religion is a source of meaning for many people. -Security: This can be in regards to your well being and safety or even financial security. Money cannot buy happiness but in this modern world it is a basic necessity. The stress that comes with worrying about being forced into bankruptcy and homelessness prohibits happiness. -Love: Most people have a strong desire to form a close bond with other humans. Love is wanting the best for and being concerned with the well being of another person. True love is caring more about someone else than you care about yourself. If that love is true and mutual it can bring true happiness. The antithesis of love is self worship and selfishness. In an increasingly atheists' society self worship in on the rise. (side note I'm not a Christian) However even with all four of those things you may still prohibit yourself from reaching happiness. That brings us to the other universal truths. -You must give up materialism and instead spend your energy pursuing things such as true love -You must be grateful and never wish for more than what you have unless you are genuinely deprived of basic necessities. This is something I see commonly in western society. People have everything they need to be happy but their ungratefulness and materialism gets in the way and ensures a lifetime of unhappiness and discontent. Even though I may not have answered the question perfectly I believe that it at least serves as valuable guidelines.
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  2. Am I the only one who thinks colonizing Venus is a much better idea than colonizing Mars? Venus is almost identical to Earth in size and gravity and it still has a warm core which means you have a magnetic field. Yes it has a atmosphere that is 98% CO2 and 90 times thicker than Earth's but at least it has an atmosphere unlike Mars. I would suggest finding a way to freeze the CO2 in the atmosphere and eject the CO2 ice into space. Then we would have to speed up the planet's rotation. It only rotates at 4 mph while the Earth rotates at over 1000 mph. This means a day on Venus lasts longer than its year. Plus it means the magnetic field is very weak. Once we have the atmosphere and rotation sorted we can do the usual terraforming junk.
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