Comments on: Space has never looked so good. http://www.hellomuller.com/blog/2009/03/27/space-has-never-looked-so-good/ Designed by Muller – News & Blog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Robert McCall | artbookie.com http://www.hellomuller.com/blog/2009/03/27/space-has-never-looked-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Robert McCall | artbookie.com Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:55:35 +0000 http://www.hellomuller.com/blog/?p=672#comment-908 [...] 21, 2009 by Coudal Partners  Space has never looked so good, the paintings of Robert McCall, by Tom Muller, who will be playing Layer Tennis live for us this [...] [...] 21, 2009 by Coudal Partners  Space has never looked so good, the paintings of Robert McCall, by Tom Muller, who will be playing Layer Tennis live for us this [...]

]]> By: Iphone News http://www.hellomuller.com/blog/2009/03/27/space-has-never-looked-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-903 Iphone News Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:32:01 +0000 http://www.hellomuller.com/blog/?p=672#comment-903 great blog and interesting articles ive added your site to my rss reader...thanks a bunch :) great blog and interesting articles ive added your site to my rss reader…thanks a bunch :)

]]> By: Chris http://www.hellomuller.com/blog/2009/03/27/space-has-never-looked-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-860 Chris Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:16:18 +0000 http://www.hellomuller.com/blog/?p=672#comment-860 Science fiction is almost always too optimistic in the sense that the scope of the changes it projects is focused on a few large shifts. The total sum of all the minutiae we regard as - individual - technological advances are what really constitutes the future. However, we need vision, and science fiction plays a large part in providing that. I for one, hope that we will truly conquer (immediate) space in my lifetime; looking back at the boundless optimism about our potential for progress that followed the almost legendary achievements of the 60s, I can't help but feel we've lost our way. With all the peripheral advances that trickle down from NASA, ESA (and now, the Chinese), we really should push forward. In any case, the immediate costs are paltry in comparison with defense budgets around the world. We need vision and symbolic adventures into the Great Unknown. If not just for the advances we can re-purpose and use in other ways, then to ignite a certain, broad passion for progress that we haven't had since the late modernism of the 60s. Nowadays, advance is tied to convenience and lifestyle, not a vision of Humanity as mastering anything other than Maslow's pyramid of needs. <3 Science fiction is almost always too optimistic in the sense that the scope of the changes it projects is focused on a few large shifts. The total sum of all the minutiae we regard as – individual – technological advances are what really constitutes the future.

However, we need vision, and science fiction plays a large part in providing that. I for one, hope that we will truly conquer (immediate) space in my lifetime; looking back at the boundless optimism about our potential for progress that followed the almost legendary achievements of the 60s, I can’t help but feel we’ve lost our way. With all the peripheral advances that trickle down from NASA, ESA (and now, the Chinese), we really should push forward. In any case, the immediate costs are paltry in comparison with defense budgets around the world.

We need vision and symbolic adventures into the Great Unknown. If not just for the advances we can re-purpose and use in other ways, then to ignite a certain, broad passion for progress that we haven’t had since the late modernism of the 60s. Nowadays, advance is tied to convenience and lifestyle, not a vision of Humanity as mastering anything other than Maslow’s pyramid of needs.

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]]> By: HMCG http://www.hellomuller.com/blog/2009/03/27/space-has-never-looked-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-859 HMCG Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:33:15 +0000 http://www.hellomuller.com/blog/?p=672#comment-859 Aha, so now I know who painted the 2001 poster that hangs behind me while I work. Great stuff! Aha, so now I know who painted the 2001 poster that hangs behind me while I work. Great stuff!

]]> By: Ben@Kleber http://www.hellomuller.com/blog/2009/03/27/space-has-never-looked-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-858 Ben@Kleber Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:52:43 +0000 http://www.hellomuller.com/blog/?p=672#comment-858 Excellent stuff! It's a lot harder to stay optimistic about the future these days. I wonder if painted poster art will come back into fashion, although doubt our generation has the skill or patience. Please post some photos of your lego models! (@n@) Excellent stuff! It’s a lot harder to stay optimistic about the future these days. I wonder if painted poster art will come back into fashion, although doubt our generation has the skill or patience. Please post some photos of your lego models! (@n@)

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