I'm going to make a statement that the most important single thing for the human race should be the continuation of the human race. Compared to survival every other thing is secondary. Does this make sense? Is anything more important than staying alive? Television and literature are filled with stories of heroic self sacrifice... allowing a great number of people to live by dying. In truth, this really just emphasises how important the survival of the species is.
All true threats to mankind's survival can be lessened by a factor of a hundred fold by a serious dedication to interstellar colonization. Once Man has spread to every corner of the galaxy, a nuclear war may kill billions... but still trillions more will live on. It's the ultimate insurance policy. A thousand years ago, the Vikings found North America and 500 years later Columbus followed in their footsteps for the same reason.
OK we've identified perhaps the most important issue of our time but what can we do about it? The first step is public pressure for feasibility studies. Let's find a dollar figure, no matter how expensive, to terraform mars. Let's start looking into faster engines and habitats in space. And let's start.
There is no more important concern than the safety of the human race and there is no better way to protect humanity than to spread out and colonize this great universe of ours.
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