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Hasn’t anyone read The Dark Forest?
by karl11 6y ago
Hasn’t anyone read The Dark Forest?
- X6S1x6Okd1st 6y agoWhat probability do you think that a civilization will decide they are in a dark forest? So far our only example doesn't seem to act like we are.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoThere might be some crossover between civilizations that take dark forest precautions and the type of civilization that doesn’t kill itself on accident.
- magicsmoke 6y agoOr it could be possible that a civilization pessimistic and risk-adverse enough make dark forest precautions a significant part of their culture wouldn't have the risk-taking needed to advance their technology to interstellar levels. Technological advancement and the possibility of self-destruction might go hand in hand.
- ladberg 6y agoSuch a great trilogy! I hope we'll send out noticeable signals into space at some point down the line, and I wonder if our descendants in a few tens of thousands of years will look back on it as self-destructive hubris in the same way we look as burning coal now.