Damien writes:
>>.. suggests investors don't anticipate such huge future returns. ...
>
>That investors expect to be dead before such returns materialize? (And
>corporations don't get around this because they have to return value to their
>shareholders.)
I don't understand the relevance of this.
>That the uncertainties associated with environmental problems, brittleness of
>civilization, or possible government interference in 'greedy' space investment
>at the moment discount really long term and huge projects?
This seems equivalent to saying there's a low chance of realizing large returns.
>That there aren't any direct channels for investing in the colonization of
>Alpha Centauri at the moment,
The crucial issue is what is unattractive exactly about "indirect" investments.
Robin Hanson
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RWJF Health Policy Scholar, Sch. of Public Health 510-643-1884
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