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achillymoose t1_j5nmqm0 wrote

Reply to comment by pwnies in Starlink Is ‘Forced’ To Finally Start Caring About The System’s Light Pollution And Harm To Scientific Research by Albion_Tourgee

Civilization has gone on for millenia without the internet. I'd trade the internet for a sky full of galaxies in a heartbeat.

>If we want cheap and accessible information worldwide

I, for one, could care less about this. I don't think the people of third world countries are missing out by not having Tik Tok

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ACCount82 t1_j5npvoz wrote

Internet is a great boon, especially to people in third world countries. Today, there are people who wouldn't be able to get an education otherwise - but were able to self-educate through Internet. Access to information and access to education used to be some of the greatest inequalities of the world - and Internet does a lot to level the playing field.

"A sky full of galaxies" is just another pretty thing in a world full of pretty things. Internet's benefits go far beyond that.

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achillymoose t1_j5nqzgq wrote

>a world full of pretty things.

It won't be if we keep destroying all the pretty things

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