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I’ve never liked this reasoning: > A civilization that wishes to continue expanding across the universe will need to compete for the limited resources with any
by stevenjohns 6y ago
I’ve never liked this reasoning:
> A civilization that wishes to continue expanding across the universe will need to compete for the limited resources with any other intelligent life
If a civilisation has the ability to travel across to different star systems, then going to war over a single planet’s resources makes little sense when they probably have the ability to manipulate and craft matter, at will, at the atomic level.
- nwah1 6y agoThe problem with crafting individual atoms at will is that eventually you run out of atoms.
- richardw 6y agoAny society whose primary mindset is competing for resources will off itself long before it gets to affect anyone else. If you don’t transcend that primitive instinct, you’re already doomed.