{"id":205,"date":"2020-10-13T18:06:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T18:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2020-10-13T18:15:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T18:15:55","slug":"mars18","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/mars18","title":{"rendered":"Imagining Elon Musk’s Million-Person Mars Colony – Chapter 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Imagining Elon Musk’s Million-Person Mars Colony – The greatest thought experiment of all time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Marshall Brain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapter 18<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How will entertainment work on Mars? What types of entertainment will be available for Mars colonists?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We want the Mars colony to be the pinnacle of human existence, so the entertainment options will be spectacular on Mars. People will also have plenty of free time for entertainment \u2013 far more free time than people have on Earth today, as we will discuss below. But what is entertainment? When you want to “entertain yourself”, what does this mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dictionary defines entertainment like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. the act of entertaining; agreeable occupation for the mind; diversion; amusement: Solving the daily crossword puzzle is an entertainment for many.<\/em><\/li>
  2. something affording pleasure, diversion, or amusement, especially a performance of some kind: The highlight of the ball was an elaborate entertainment.<\/em> [ref<\/a>]<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    In the United States, entertainment is a huge industry, representing hundreds of billions of dollars. Here are some of the major sectors in the industry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n