Morning session on settlement

10/08/04 00:00:00    

By Michael Mealling

Jeff Krukin is moderating this session on Settlement and talking specifically talking about the Space Settlement Project. His main point is that 'exploration', 'science', 'projects', or 'programs' don't apply to the public on a personal nature whereas settlement does since its about individuals going some place else to live.

IMHO, settlement is still to esoteric for most of the public who, in Jeff's words, “don't get it”. You have to make it still more personal because very very few people are willing, able, or motivated to live some place else.

Now Steve Wolfe is up and is talking about how Jeff talked about how space is important to other people where as he wants to talk about why we are as motivated as we are so that we can communicate it better.

“You are unique in our global population because you have awakened to a particular vision and that is something you should cherish and hold as an extraordinary gift”.

The challenge is to keep ourselves motivated by discovering what our core motivating principles are. Now we're doing a mental exercise to remember what our 'emotional trigger' was for getting into this business. He calls that the “evolutionary impulse” causing you to take action.

Now the crowd is relating their 'moments'.

A little to 'touchy feely' for me but the room seems to be enjoying the mental “way back machine”.