“500 years ago, pre-industrial age, the natural world was pristine. We have traded some of that pristine beauty for all of these other gifts that we have as an advanced society. We can have both but to do that, we have to go to space. The most fundamental measure for progress is energy usage per capita. We are living on a finite planet so we have to go out into the solar system to use more energy. You could argue about WHEN you have to do it but you can't credibly argue about WHETHER we have to do it.” Jeff Bezos on The Lex Fridman podcast discussing the future of humanity & space exploration. Dated: 14/12/2023