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Communication across interstellar space would be super slow, because the speed of light is so slow compared to the distances, like, at least several years for a
by perlgeek 3y ago
Communication across interstellar space would be super slow, because the speed of light is so slow compared to the distances, like, at least several years for a single one-way message.
This makes it likely that if we ever do settle multiple stars, culture and language will diverge pretty strongly across the different settlements, potentially making other, distant humans our worst potential enemies.
- vardump 3y agoLuckily those same distances ensure that interactions between those worst enemies are practically zero.
- est31 3y agoHumans might evolve tools to lower cultural drift or get it to zero even, which is also needed I think if you want to build galaxy spanning societies, for precisely the reason you state. E.g. you could have many jobs in society be done by machines, have humans be raised by them, interact with them on a daily basis, etc. If you want to prevent language drift, you could have these machines speak only one specific kind of language. That way, all the cultural works of the ancestors are still directly accessible to everyone without translation.