“For most of us, Earth would be our homeland but not our home. We’d use it for R&R, visiting it as we would a national park. Then we’d return to the cosmos, where humanity would be thriving like never before. Asimov, agreeing entirely, called resistance to the concept ‘planetary chauvinism.’ That vision captivated a generation of space nerds, including Bezos, who believed it back then, as a brainy schoolkid. And he believes it now, with ‘increasing conviction’ every passing year.” Steven Levy in Wired: Jeff Bezos Wants Us All To Leave Earth—For Good. (He’s not the first person to have that reaction to dealing with all the rain in Seattle…)