I mentioned watching Star Trek in the 1970s in a recent post along with the thought that the money spent on putting humans in space would be better spent on the ground. Now I see that, rather surprisingly, William Shatner seems to be in agreement with that idea. He has a new book out, Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder, with essays about his life including his thoughts following his recent brief trip into the stratosphere. What he says about the perspective he gained from the experience seems to go against the image I had formed of him as a promoter of big tech and spaceflight enterprises.
The excerpt from the book, was posted on Slashdot and the responses were generally favorable; also a little surprising given the appeal of that site to the tech nerds, nihilists and anarchists. There is a co-author, Joshua Brandon, so it is not possible to know how much of the writing was actually penned by Shatner. However, Shatner is clearly endorsing the content.
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A few years ago, I watched the entire first series of Star Trek via Netflix. It was a lot of fun. On a new modern TV, flaws in sets stand out (like painted foam rocks). Some of the moral issues they raised are still Germaine.
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