Of the 12 men who walked on the moon, these are the only 4 still alive. I still remember the sense of…

Of the 12 men who walked on the moon, these are the only 4 still alive. I still remember the sense of possibility and excitement of those times. ‘Moonshot’ culture, the sense of exciting social progress. And today? 1/4 https://t.co/NzVlIa2wdj

These men have had to endure people doubting what they even did. Moonshot social idealism is now paranoid individual libertarianism. It was WW1, WW2 and the Cold War they spawned that sent us to the moon. Catastrophes liberate us to dream collectively. 2/4

Now space travel attracts less interest than Oasis touring. Status is back in the driver’s seat of societies. The battle of teams, for status. A bewildering proliferation of teams, through social media platforms. Many completely insane. 3/4

Humans will always revert to the fight for status. Unless societies have stable status hierarchies. Like the Victorians did, in the first Industrial Revolution, through into the 19th century. Our world will be insane and catastrophic until we stabilise status again. /end