> If we lose that competition, we could be driven to extinction. Best to pre-empt competition now while we have the upper hand What's even scarier is that the

> If we lose that competition, we could be driven to extinction. Best to pre-empt competition now while we have the upper hand What's even scarier is that the most rational choice may be to pre-empt even if resource competition is unlikely to ever occur, just because pre-emption on the part of another civilization has a non-zero probability. Basically it's the Cold War logic except with no diplomacy and with the other side's strategy likely to be guided by a strong post-Singularity AI. Thinking through these scenarios can be scary as fuck, but since we're all still alive and well, it could be that we are truly alone.