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> It's more likely that beyond a certain point you have all the energy you can use, and the limiting factor becomes collective intelligence. Why is this more l
by duaneb 11y ago
> It's more likely that beyond a certain point you have all the energy you can use, and the limiting factor becomes collective intelligence.
Why is this more likely?
- tremon 11y agoMy off-the-cuff response is that energy could be harvested locally in many places, but society as a whole will be bounded by the speed of communication (which might not exceed c). It's possible that too long communication lines will fracture society into separate "islands".