Why Elon Musk is really building Starlink

The ultimate question is: what do we, as a species, value?

Who has asked *all of the people whose night skies are affected* whether they want broadband internet in the first place?

This is the most insidious form of neocapitalist colonialism - done in the name of "helping" people.

There has been *zero* consultation with humanity. The only reason they get away with polluting our night skies with trinkets that serve only a select few, is because we don't have global regulations in place. It's the Wild West but with *everyone's* night sky.

I'm no astronomer but I moved out into the hills over a decade ago to be able to live under the vastness of the night sky, far from light pollution. I don't have and *don't need* broadband internet (unlike what you claim time and time again in the video). When the first starlink satellites went up and each time columns of new ones race by, I weep. What are we doing? Who are we becoming? Are we really so addicted to the internet that we have stopped connecting to the world that has borne us?

I get the awe that human ingenuity can inspire but what about human plurality? Not all human societies aspire to be the voracious, unsustainable version of our species that the US is busy producing. The internet is *not* our species' greatest achievement and it is not worth polluting our night skies over.

Thank you for your unabashed enthusiasm. I look forward to a bit more critical insight in your coming work! Keep it up! 
Much love from across the pond.