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nkriscyesterday at 6:14 PM2 repliesview on HN

Maybe expanding beyond your home planet never gets as easy as we think it will be in the future.


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jacobgoldyesterday at 6:18 PM

That seems unlikely. Just imagine humanity 100, 1000, and 1,000,000 years from now. Humans will have solved every physical problem that is solvable.

Humans will have also evolved into new kinds of immortal/superintelligent beings that would be totally unrecognizable to us.

It may be the case once a civilization reaches "max level" they universally decide to "reset the game" because there's nothing left to do. Maybe self-destruction or maybe they "spawn" a new universe. The possibilities are wild.

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EA-3167yesterday at 6:17 PM

I feel like we’re surrounded by the reality of the Great Filter and yet people still cling to the science fiction fantasy of their youth.