TheDestiny
From SolSeed
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From the SolSeedCreed
- TheDestiny of SolSeed
- is to take root amongst the stars.
There is no moral imperative except that which you choose for yourself. If you choose to Join the SolSeedMovement you are choosing to believe that life and all that sustains life is precious. That belief requires that you nurture and protect the only life that we know of.
Why TheDestiny?
Most scientists agree that our planet is experiencing its Sixth Great Crisis, and that humans are largely responsible for the outbreak of extinctions. The same goes for the climate crisis, which also poses an existential threat to the human race and is part of the reason why so many species are going extinct. We have the power to prevent catastrophes of our own making, but for now there is no telling whether we will succeed.
And there will always be more dangers, because we live in a complex cosmos full of powerful forces. Large meteors, which have caused previous extinction events, are always a threat. And Sol is getting warmer, over a period of billions of years; it may render Terra uninhabitable within the next billion. Finally, at some point in the distant future, the sun will expand to the point that life as we know it may not be able to exist anywhere in this solar system. If we really believe that life is precious, we should move decisively to nurture and protect it. Life is vulnerable here ... all our eggs are in one basket.
Being worthy of and fulfilling TheDestiny are the two ultimate goals held by members of the SolSeedMovement. The phrase "Take root amongst the stars" means literally to send life from our solar system out to settle in other star systems.
What TheDestiny Means in the Present Day
- "The Destiny is important for the lessons it encourages us to learn while we're here on Earth, for the people it encourages us to become. It's important for the unity and purpose that it gives us here on Earth."
- - Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
At this stage of TheDestiny the most important responsibility of the SolSeedMovement is helping humanity mature into its role as protector of SolSeed. This maturing process includes improving the quality of life for all of SolSeed everywhere in the world.
It is only after we've rid the world of poverty and oppression that devoting significant resources to building interstellar space ships becomes morally affordable. SolSeed is not about some elite group of humans building star-ship shaped pyramids on the backs of an enslaved underclass. SolSeed is about bringing everyone out of slavery so that we can all work together to realize something that is nearly beyond imagination!!!
At first blush, TheDestiny can turn off some humanists. The vein of thinking goes
- "I don't want MY time and money going toward building big expensive space-ships that won't be finished in 100 years! My life could do so much more right now by bringing CleanDrinkingWater to a village that has never had this basic neccessity."
The paths that people take toward TheDestiny are, and should remain, as diverse and creative as the human race. So by all means, honor SolSeed and serve TheDestiny by bringing CleanDrinkingWater to those without! Follow your passion.
While some scientist types may feel that they are "least bad" at researching interstellar travel, many humanist types will discover that they are "least bad" at helping people out from under oppressive regimes or other traditional humanist goals. The comparative advantage principle of economic theory suggests that we can accomplish our goals with least waste when everyone does what they are "least bad" at.
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TheDestiny as articulated in the SolSeedCreed is taken directly from Octavia Butler's Earthseed novels (The Parable of the Sower and The Parable of the Talents). Indeed, the SolSeedMovement borrows a great deal both directly and indirectly from the religion of Earthseed as presented in Ms. Butler's SF books.
- What humanity actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of us . . . not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by us. -- Victor Frankl
This paraphrase of Frankl somewhat answers the question "Why TheDestiny?" For those that value SolSeed, nurturing and protecting the precious things we find in our Solar system is a moral imperative with great potential meaning. Becoming worthy of TheDestiny is one goal, fulfilling TheDestiny is a second goal.
- A tool that could bring us much closer to TheDestiny sometime soon: the space elevator
