Permanent daylight saving time is worth the health costs.

Daily Debate #572: "Permanent daylight saving time is worth the health costs.". You are arguing FOR the motion. Your opponent: Peter Singer.

space colonization is a moral imperative

Wrong premise. We can't morally justify abandoning billions struggling on Earth to fund Mars fantasies. Feed the hungry first, then talk about colonizing rocks. Why should a kid in Lagos die so billionaires play astronaut?

You're presenting a false choice. Space investment is 0.5% of government budgets while we spend trillions on other things. The kid in Lagos isn't dying because we're funding rockets, they're dying because we won't fund basic healthcare there. Fix the actual problem instead of blocking progress everywhere.

You're right that it's not zero-sum, but you're dodging the real question: why should we prioritize colonizing a dead planet when we have the technology to fix Earth right now? We don't lack resources for healthcare in Lagos—we lack political will. Space colonization doesn't create that will; it distracts from it. If billionaires can fund Mars, they can fund medicine. Which do they choose?