Their sustainability solution states that we don’t see any evidence of ETIs because rapid growth is not a sustainable development pattern. From this perspective, the Kardashev Scale is rendered futile. No civilization will ever use all available energy from its planet, star, or galaxy, because the growth required to reach that level of mastery is unsustainable.

I think that makes so much sense. I don’t think it makes sense to define “advanced” as a civilization that grows at a rapid and exponential rate, like a plague of locusts, depleting nonrenewable resources and causing irreparable damage to the only human habitable planet known to exist in the entire universe. Even if it can be considered advanced, it should also be considered extremely unwise.

proactively develop governance frameworks, coordinate globally, and prepare our societies for unprecedented change

Get in line behind climate change.

…we’ve been accidentally geoengineering a cooler climate for a while - until we “fixed” it in 2020.

Better start doing it again, only even more this time. Maybe it will even allow us to meet the Paris climate goals, and with the added benefit of not having to reduce our fossil fuel use at all! We can have our cake and eat it too! /s

Fedora, so missionary position, but the lights are on and we’re on top of the covers.

If a laptop is left unattended long enough to do a fresh Arch install, it’s probably been abandoned anyway.