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Kurzgesagt didn't invent the concept of disassembling Mercury to build a Dyson swarm. Stuart Armstrong proposed it in a lecture in 2012[0]. [0]: https://youtu.
by ethmarks 6mo ago
Kurzgesagt didn't invent the concept of disassembling Mercury to build a Dyson swarm. Stuart Armstrong proposed it in a lecture in 2012[0].
[0]: https://youtu.be/zQTfuI-9jIo?si=3jwmhoB7zx6rclhb https://youtu.be/zQTfuI-9jIo?si=3jwmhoB7zx6rclhb
- 0xf00ff00f 6mo agoPretty sure the idea predates that lecture, it appears in Charles Stross' novel Accelerando from 2005 (which is based on short stories that were published years earlier).