IIRC the colonists intentionally wanted this way of life. To live in harmony with nature and all that. So I don’t get this critique of ‘they didn’t change’ when that was the whole point.
When humanity starts actually colonizing space (in Artifical habitats most likely) techno- primitivism in a wide array of variations is highly likely.
One of Trek’s biggest problems has always been the lack of scale. Developed star systems like Sol should have a population in the trillions, largely in Artifical space habitats that can be custom tailored to stimulate any environment imaginable.
The offensive part is that there aren’t hundreds or thousands such communities spread out all over the place, mimicking or inventing a bazillion variations of every imaginable culture.
IIRC the colonists intentionally wanted this way of life. To live in harmony with nature and all that. So I don’t get this critique of ‘they didn’t change’ when that was the whole point.
When humanity starts actually colonizing space (in Artifical habitats most likely) techno- primitivism in a wide array of variations is highly likely.
One of Trek’s biggest problems has always been the lack of scale. Developed star systems like Sol should have a population in the trillions, largely in Artifical space habitats that can be custom tailored to stimulate any environment imaginable.
The offensive part is that there aren’t hundreds or thousands such communities spread out all over the place, mimicking or inventing a bazillion variations of every imaginable culture.