Honest_Switch1531

Honest_Switch1531 t1_j27ozez wrote

At the moment there is very little chance (but not zero) of becoming an astronaut. Studying engineering (don't do a pure science) may give you a chance of becoming an astronaut.

However if SpaceX is successful in building a fully reusable spacecraft (starship) there may be many more opportunities in becoming an astronaut, as space flight may increase dramatically.

So study engineering and other things that may lead to becoming an astronaut, even if you don't you will have a good career to fall back on.

Good luck.

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Honest_Switch1531 t1_j1ox9om wrote

Memory transfer is a scifi technology. We have no idea how it could possibly be done. The workings of memory are almost completely a mystery.

More likely is finding a cure for aging using stem cell and other related technologies. We do have a fairly good idea of how aging happens. It is a combination of around 10 different processes that interact. There are possible cures for some of then be tested right now.

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Honest_Switch1531 t1_j0nwdy7 wrote

If you are predicting the future social structure based on the current US system you could get a nightmare scenario. However the US is a strange outlier in terms of socialist institutions. There are quite a few developed countries such a Norway that show what a good socialist/capitalist system can become.

Once production is completely automated, then modern monetary theory becomes more important. Many central banks use it now. I think that a combined socialist/capitalist system is likely. Capitalism is good at balancing the price and demand of goods and services without too much regulation. I guessing that maybe public companies will just be taxed more or be required to give a certain percentage of shares to the government, who will then just distribute the money that would have been paid to human workers. Company share holders will continue to earn about the same as now. Private companies cannot continue to operate if there is no one to buy their services

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