Why haven’t we turned all of earth into one huge factory/computer/whatever? I discussed some of this in my post.
Mass has some value as raw materials, but that does not imply that the mass near stars is the most valuable. In contrast, the mass near stars is very low value, because it is far too hot, and cooling it requires an investment of energy.
Most of the mass is actually free floating, and that is the high value mass anyway—as it is already colder and or easier to cool.
Furthermore early biological civilizations will also have present scientific value as objects of study, and potential future value as information/knowledge trading partners.
Maybe the elder civs aren’t either. It might take billions of years to convert an entire light cone into dark computronium. And they’re 84.5% of the way done.
I’m guessing the issue with this is that the proportion of dark matter doesn’t change if you look at older or younger astronomical features.
But then why not all of it? Why leave anything for civs like ours?
Why haven’t we turned all of earth into one huge factory/computer/whatever? I discussed some of this in my post.
Mass has some value as raw materials, but that does not imply that the mass near stars is the most valuable. In contrast, the mass near stars is very low value, because it is far too hot, and cooling it requires an investment of energy.
Most of the mass is actually free floating, and that is the high value mass anyway—as it is already colder and or easier to cool.
Furthermore early biological civilizations will also have present scientific value as objects of study, and potential future value as information/knowledge trading partners.
Why haven’t we? We are very far from being in a steady state.
Maybe the elder civs aren’t either. It might take billions of years to convert an entire light cone into dark computronium. And they’re 84.5% of the way done.
I’m guessing the issue with this is that the proportion of dark matter doesn’t change if you look at older or younger astronomical features.