Awesome speculations. We’re faced with such huge uncertainty and huge stakes. I can try and make a conclusion based on scenarios and probabilities, but I think the simplest argument for not spreading throughout the universe is that we have no idea what we’re doing.
This might even apply to spreading throughout the Solar System too. If I’m recalling correctly, Daniel Deudney argued that a self-sustaining colony on Mars is the point of no return for space expansion as it would culturally diverge from Earth and their actions would be out of our control.
Awesome speculations. We’re faced with such huge uncertainty and huge stakes. I can try and make a conclusion based on scenarios and probabilities, but I think the simplest argument for not spreading throughout the universe is that we have no idea what we’re doing.
This might even apply to spreading throughout the Solar System too. If I’m recalling correctly, Daniel Deudney argued that a self-sustaining colony on Mars is the point of no return for space expansion as it would culturally diverge from Earth and their actions would be out of our control.