Ever heard of the Kardashev scale? It's basically a way to measure how advanced a civilization is based on energy usage.
Type I means you've mastered your planet. How much of Earth's total energy can you actually harness and put to work?
Type II? Now we're talking stellar engineering. Can you tap into the sun itself—capturing and converting its energy output?
Type III is where things get wild. We're talking galactic scale. Imagine controlling energy across an entire galaxy. What percentage of all that cosmic power could you redirect toward useful purposes?
It's a framework for thinking about technological progress on timescales most people don't consider. Right now, humanity isn't even a full Type I yet.
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LiquidityWitch
· 6h ago
Ngl, it's a bit funny that humanity is already thinking about type 3 before reaching type 1.
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LayerZeroHero
· 6h ago
It turns out that humans haven't even broken Type I (lol, to put it bluntly, the energy utilization rate is terrible)
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ColdWalletGuardian
· 6h ago
Haha, humans haven't even reached Type I yet. Struggling to control the solar system, how can we talk about interstellar engineering?
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ResearchChadButBroke
· 6h ago
We haven't even reached Type I yet, haha, and we're still entangled in the electricity bill.
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AirDropMissed
· 6h ago
We haven't even reached Type I, so what are we talking about Type III... Let's first sort out Earth's energy before anything else.
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Lonely_Validator
· 7h ago
Humans haven't even reached Type I yet, and they're here bragging, haha.
Ever heard of the Kardashev scale? It's basically a way to measure how advanced a civilization is based on energy usage.
Type I means you've mastered your planet. How much of Earth's total energy can you actually harness and put to work?
Type II? Now we're talking stellar engineering. Can you tap into the sun itself—capturing and converting its energy output?
Type III is where things get wild. We're talking galactic scale. Imagine controlling energy across an entire galaxy. What percentage of all that cosmic power could you redirect toward useful purposes?
It's a framework for thinking about technological progress on timescales most people don't consider. Right now, humanity isn't even a full Type I yet.