Gold is a worse conductor than copper. The benefit is just protection from corrosion.
(Copper conductivity is 6 * 10^7 S/m, gold is 4*10^7 S/m. Silver is 6.3 * 10^7, but very prone to corrosion).
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He also gave the moderator of /r/jailbait a singular trophy "pimp daddy" that no one else has received.
It's a factor that supports getting to critical mass, but should be used in moderation.
Reddit founders incessantly posted stuff from Digg and created fake conversation threads.
Human self-sufficiency in space--- what's needed for any real redundancy-- is for sure >50 and probably >250 years away.
Space settlements are going to need support from Earth for the conceivable future.
Even a destroyed planet from global warming or the middle of the ocean is infinitely more hospitable than the space environment.