Against the Empire
| dc.creator | Cirkovic, Milan M. | |
| dc.date | 2008-05-13 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:38:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:38:36Z | |
| dc.description | It is argued that the "generic" evolutionary pathway of advanced technological civilizations are more likely to be optimization-driven than expansion-driven, in contrast to the prevailing opinions and attitudes in both future studies on one side and astrobiology/SETI studies on the other. Two toy-models of postbiological evolution of advanced technological civilizations are considered and several arguments supporting the optimization-driven, spatially compact model are briefly discussed. In addition, it is pointed out that there is a subtle contradiction in most of the tech-optimist and transhumanist accounts of future human/alien civilizations' motivations in its postbiological stages. This may have important ramifications for both practical SETI projects and the future (of humanity) studies. | |
| dc.description | 17 pages, no figures, accepted in JBIS | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.1821 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0805.1821 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/160863 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Against the Empire | |
| dc.type | text |