Humans haven’t even been off-planet for a century and we’re already leaving trash everywhere. The moon. Mars. Our atmosphere. It’s gross. And honestly it was only a matter of time before a similar digital barrage began.
Lone Signal is a project that will allow people to transmit any message they want into space. METI (Messaging for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is not a universally accepted practice, though, because some scientists fear it will come back to bite us. I can’t imagine why. But still people are lining up to send digital junk out into the abyss.
https://gizmodo.com/new-project-to-message-aliens-is-both-useless-and-poten-512863567
The first GIF is going out on Tuesday when the project launches. Designed by conceptual artist Kim Asendorf, the GIF depicts Asendorf viewing . . . something and is aptly named, “Humans Watching Digital Art.” Hopefully Lone Signal will make contact with aliens who can weigh in on the hard-g, soft-g debate. Because otherwise, what’s the point? [PetaPixel]
