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crypto can still Work out as intended iff we become a Type I civilisation [1]. Now it’s more like some kind of anthropological stress test (and an emerging cul
by archibaldJ 5y ago
crypto can still Work out as intended iff we become a Type I civilisation [1]. Now it’s more like some kind of anthropological stress test (and an emerging culture too. Hopefully it’s one that helps to drive people to see the urgentness and inevitability of reaching Type I or-we-are-doomed)
[1] eg Large-scale application of fusion power. According to mass–energy equivalence, Type I implies the conversion of about 2 kg of matter to energy per second https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale#Type_I_civilization_methods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale#Type_I_civiliz...