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You are welcome.

My walkabouts in mental and physical universes have lead me through a long list of completely different spaces:

Astrophysics did teach me at the very least, that we will be unable to leave this planet in significant numbers. It is a good idea to clean up the mess we already managed to create. It also taught me to pay attention to the night sky and what is called "light pollution".
Music is a largely inexplicable sensation. Practicing an instrument (whatever it is!) will at the very least teach you patience, humbleness and an admiration for those who actually master the damn thing, while at the same time looking relaxed!
Computers are a tool, not an end in themselves.
I have had the privilege to stand on top of the now gone World Trade Center and peer down Central Avenue. I have had the privilege to walk down Grand Canyon in Arizona and climb up again without dropping dead! I have experienced the desert for a year, and it was marvelous!
Photography can teach you to pay attention to details or scenes, which go unnoticed many times.
I take entertainment in believing for a minute, that the Hitchiker's Guide to the Universe by Douglas Adams is actually true!

This world, physical, mental, and virtual, is so rich and beautiful! Everyone: go travel! It's important imho! I do not want to depart from the planet without having marveled at its wonders.

Time for a pangalactic gargle blaster? Or maybe a good Single Malt to start with. Ah, not important, Whatever ~bartender pleases to serve for the occasion.

Cheers!

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~theoria wrote (thread):

Very interesting! I agree about music -- it is, in my thinking, the only artform that is purely aesthetic and can go beyond words.

I visited the Grand Canyon once when I was a child. I would love to hike it one day.

Tell me more about the astrophysics! I've always found promises of interplanetary travel unrealistic and irresponsible in regards to the planet we already inhabit. I can't imagine the logistics of shuttling a significant proportion of the first-world population (let alone the world population) off-planet. It's the vapid daydreaming of those wealthy enough to waste billions.