Living In An Artificial World

摘要

Would you exchange a natural existence for an artificial one? Asks resident sci-fi author Gareth L Powell. A few years ago, I had a random thought. I wondered if the best environment for an intelligent species is one they create themselves. At a certain point, is it better to start adapting the environment to suit yourself, rather than adapting to suit it? That started me thinking about space travel, and how humanity might develop if it found itself confined to an artificial environment on a long term basis.