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groundhogcow t1_j22ags6 wrote

The biggest problem is not picking the kids it's coming up with a way to get the next generation.

In case you have never raised kids they are notorious for not doing what they are wanted to. So two generations in and the ship is chaos. It had better be self relent because so few of the kids will be qualified.

What we need is a stable social system and a proper education system that has a much higher success rate. Or a very very very big ship.

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VincentVancalbergh t1_j2386hy wrote

Once read a book about a generational ship that had society collapse. People started denying there was even an outside. That their entire universe was The Ship.

Then someone starts reading the manuals, starts getting in the "Forbidden Areas" (cockpit), notices that they are close to a habitable planet and presses the big illuminated button that says LAND.

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