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Or that it does, and advanced civilizations just don't need that much energy.
by azernik 5y ago
Or that it does, and advanced civilizations just don't need that much energy.
- jl6 5y agoPerhaps civilizations with eternally increasing energy demands inevitably encounter a great filter of their own making, while civilizations that learn to live with more modest energy requirements live on in peace and silence.
- buryat 5y agoevolution seems to be a constant fight for energy, this can be even expanded broadly: the universe is all about gathering energy. So not sure that someone would be fine with a constant limited energy supply. Plus those supplies eventually run out
- azernik 5y agoEvolution is also a constant fight for food calories, and modern societies have escaped that struggle. Judging the dynamics of technological societies by those of evolving organisms is a common and extremely misleading trap.