Dec 8, 2021 02:18 AM
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False Alarm UFO Sighting in Pittsburgh Actually Elon Musk's Starlink Satellites
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/false...75980.html
INTRO: Elon Musk may very well be a space alien from the Zeta Reticuli star system under his human skin. But his Starlink line of mini communication satellites is confirmed to be of this Earth, at the very least. That didn't stop Pittsburgh, PA residents from taking to social media to report their own little version of Roswell a few nights ago.
It actually makes perfect sense that Pittsburgh residents find abnormal-looking objects flying in perfect formation across the night sky. Their creator's been on quite the roll with launching thousands of satellites into orbit thus far. As many as 48 were launched, with their last launch on December 2nd.
Over 1,600 Starlink satellites have launched into low Earth orbit so far. With as many as 60 mini-satellites stacked together in one rocket on any given launch. The spacecraft orbit in very tight formations compared to typical satellites. In doing so, Elon Musk hopes to provide wireless satellite internet access to hundreds of millions across the globe... (MORE)
Elon Musk says “Civilization is going to crumble” unless people have more children
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-civilization-crumble
EXCERPTS: When he’s not warning of an imminent nuclear Armageddon, the eccentric billionaire has often brought up another one of his favorite talking points: declining birthrates. “I think one of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birthrate and the rapidly declining birthrate,” he said at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Monday night. “And yet, so many people, including smart people, think that there are too many people in the world and think that the population is growing out of control,” he added. “It’s completely the opposite.”
[...] It’s far from the first time Musk brought up declining birthrates. ... And he may have a point. China’s birthrate, for instance, has started dropping precipitously. And that’s not just due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The country’s demographic has been skewing older, with fewer women choosing to have children.
[...] So what do we do once an entire population starts aging rapidly? To Musk, the answer is surprisingly simple. At the WSJ‘s event, Musk also elaborated on why he called for an “age limit” to be set “after which you can’t run for political office” in a tweet last week — an apparent potshot at 79-year-old US president Joe Biden.
“I think it is important for us to die because most of the times, people don’t change their mind, they just die,” Musk said at last night’s event. “If they live forever, then we might become a very ossified society where new ideas cannot succeed.”
[...] Musk unveiled the “Tesla Bot,” a humanoid robot meant to “take care of “performing tasks that are unsafe, repetitive or boring,” according to the company’s website. At last night’s event, Musk said the Bot could be a “generalized substitute for human labor over time.” In other words, it sounds a bit like Musk might be envisioning the robot giving sponge baths to seniors in nursing homes if there aren’t enough young healthcare workers to care for them.
[...] given the stresses our species has been exerting on our planet’s ecosystems, it’s a hard sell to call for an increasing population before we’ve sorted out those issues... (MORE - missing details)
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/false...75980.html
INTRO: Elon Musk may very well be a space alien from the Zeta Reticuli star system under his human skin. But his Starlink line of mini communication satellites is confirmed to be of this Earth, at the very least. That didn't stop Pittsburgh, PA residents from taking to social media to report their own little version of Roswell a few nights ago.
It actually makes perfect sense that Pittsburgh residents find abnormal-looking objects flying in perfect formation across the night sky. Their creator's been on quite the roll with launching thousands of satellites into orbit thus far. As many as 48 were launched, with their last launch on December 2nd.
Over 1,600 Starlink satellites have launched into low Earth orbit so far. With as many as 60 mini-satellites stacked together in one rocket on any given launch. The spacecraft orbit in very tight formations compared to typical satellites. In doing so, Elon Musk hopes to provide wireless satellite internet access to hundreds of millions across the globe... (MORE)
Elon Musk says “Civilization is going to crumble” unless people have more children
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-civilization-crumble
EXCERPTS: When he’s not warning of an imminent nuclear Armageddon, the eccentric billionaire has often brought up another one of his favorite talking points: declining birthrates. “I think one of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birthrate and the rapidly declining birthrate,” he said at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Monday night. “And yet, so many people, including smart people, think that there are too many people in the world and think that the population is growing out of control,” he added. “It’s completely the opposite.”
[...] It’s far from the first time Musk brought up declining birthrates. ... And he may have a point. China’s birthrate, for instance, has started dropping precipitously. And that’s not just due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The country’s demographic has been skewing older, with fewer women choosing to have children.
[...] So what do we do once an entire population starts aging rapidly? To Musk, the answer is surprisingly simple. At the WSJ‘s event, Musk also elaborated on why he called for an “age limit” to be set “after which you can’t run for political office” in a tweet last week — an apparent potshot at 79-year-old US president Joe Biden.
“I think it is important for us to die because most of the times, people don’t change their mind, they just die,” Musk said at last night’s event. “If they live forever, then we might become a very ossified society where new ideas cannot succeed.”
[...] Musk unveiled the “Tesla Bot,” a humanoid robot meant to “take care of “performing tasks that are unsafe, repetitive or boring,” according to the company’s website. At last night’s event, Musk said the Bot could be a “generalized substitute for human labor over time.” In other words, it sounds a bit like Musk might be envisioning the robot giving sponge baths to seniors in nursing homes if there aren’t enough young healthcare workers to care for them.
[...] given the stresses our species has been exerting on our planet’s ecosystems, it’s a hard sell to call for an increasing population before we’ve sorted out those issues... (MORE - missing details)