Yikes. That’s not good. One of the most important aspects of Trek from the 60’s was how innovative it was. If they can’t do that anymore; I don’t see much of a reason to continue writing stories.

I like the way you think. I agree with what you are saying. Unfortunately society puts a lot of pressure on how women look.

I recommend you watch Isaac Arthur. He has tons of episodes exploring the Fermi Paradox. Here is a list of episodes with links.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E7UTCFWSRk1vuyjmYhSvtmvINVSU9tWy5LabQeHW9t8/htmlview#

To save you some time, Isaac thinks intelligent life is extremely rare and that we are the only ones at least in our group of galaxies.

Well I have to concede and agree with you and everyone else. It’s just my friends perception of reality is so warped. He wouldn’t stop with his teacher so I said she was watching him with a telescope; sarcastically. He said “How do you know?” I just thought the lack of reality was due to lower perception of the world.

I understand what you’re saying. Technological progress can be impeded by human limitations BUT humans are also very intelligent and someone would quickly determine a 1,000 mph car is dangerous and inefficient and would work on making a train or plane go that speed. Much easier to control and while not as convenient; same end result.