This, exactly. What METI is proposing, as I understand, is a stronger, more unmistakable signal of intelligence which carries higher risks. Also, this is 70 ye

This, exactly. What METI is proposing, as I understand, is a stronger, more unmistakable signal of intelligence which carries higher risks. Also, this is 70 years of noise, a blip on the galactic timescale, getting weaker the farther it goes. We can't stop what's gone out already but that doesn't make us obligated to keep advertising our presence forever.