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[[SolSeed]] < [[SolSeedMovement]] < [[SolSeedCreed]] < [[TheDestiny]] [[Image:SolSeedEmblemThumbnail.jpg]] From the [[SolSeedCreed]] <i> : [[TheDestiny]] of [[SolSeed]] : is to take root amongst the stars. </i> There is no moral imperative except that which you choose for yourself. If you choose to [[JoinTheMovement|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. Most scientists agree that our planet is experiencing its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction_event Sixth Great Crisis], and that humans are largely responsible for the outbreak of extinctions. We can stop the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction_event Sixth Extinction] in its tracks if we choose, but there will always be more dangers, because we live in a complex cosmos full of powerful forces. At some point in the distant future, the sun will expand to the point that life as we know it will not be able to exist 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. 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. ---- COMMENTS: You are warmly invited to '''[http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=SolSeedComments&action=edit&section=new begin a discussion]''' in the [[SolSeedComments|comments sectio]]n, or to comment anywhere in the page. ---- [[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 [[Octavia Butler|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: [http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1002/p14s01-stss.html the space elevator] [[Category:SolSeed]] [[Category:SolSeedMovement]]