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Based on the Kardashev scale of technological advancement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale), I think
by trevyn 11y ago
Based on the Kardashev scale of technological advancement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale), I think we should be trying to use more energy and resources, not less.
- vacri 11y agoI don't see how the author deciding to use plastic forks again is going to get us a Dyson sphere.
- jtriangle 11y agoJust to advocate the unpopular for a moment, it could be that a consuming more means a need for more energy which eventually leads to needing new ways to create energy. So, consumption drives innovation to enable more consumption and so on.
- m3rc 11y agoWhy shouldn't we exploit everyone in less developed countries when we can rationalize it away by saying some theoretical model totally allows for our behavior?
- benten10 11y agoYou are of course joking, because the absurdity of 'trying to use more energy' for something that can be done more efficiently, aka 'wasting' energy to be considered more 'advanced', according to an arbitrary scale, is immediately obvious. : )
- trevyn 11y agoI'm really not. The principle is that advanced civilizations are able to harness more energy. I'm going to assume that if you're on HN, you're generally an advocate of technological progress. I could use very little energy by living like a caveman, but is that really the way to the future?