That is not what Kubrick's 2001 was about.
Why 2001: A Space Odyssey can't be understood by reading the novel version
& other analyses (of 2001 and Kubrick works) by same author:
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Meaning of the Monolith Revealed PART 1
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Meaning of the Monolith Revealed PART 2
Magritte's influence on 2001: A Space Odyssey - wherein end narrative is shown to be oniric instead of literal.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY bizarre lighting continuity "errors"
2001: A Space Odyssey and ex-Nazi Wernher Von Braun
How Stanley Kubrick used HAL to depict IBM in 2001: A Space Odyssey
2001 (paging Aces High)
2001 (paging Aces High)
You can do anything you want with laws except make Americans obey them. | What I want to do is to look up S. . . . I call him the Schadenfreudean Man.