Outlasting the Universe
Cool Worlds・12 minutes read
Humanity in the deep future achieved eternal life through uploading minds into machines, reaching a Kardashev Type III civilization harnessing the power of galaxies but faced societal fractures and conflicts. As resources dwindled, cyber warfare, memory reprogramming, and merging minds became common, leading to a sense of guilt as the civilization realized its impending demise, with only two colonies remaining communicating through extreme time dilation before facing eternal loneliness.
Insights
- Humanity in the deep future achieved immortality by uploading minds into machines, evolving into a Kardashev Type III civilization harnessing galaxy-scale power for digital existence, combating heat death through Dyson's eternal intelligence.
- Societal fractures arose in the degenerate era as black holes became primary power sources, leading to cyber warfare, memory reprogramming, and merging minds, culminating in a dwindling civilization facing guilt, isolation, and eternal loneliness before contact was lost with the last surviving colonies.
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How did future beings achieve eternal life?
By uploading their minds into machines.
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Summary
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Future Humanity: Eternal Life Among Stars and Black Holes
- Humanity existed in the deep future, having spread out among the stars seeking new experiences.
- Ancient humans faced mortality, sickness, and aging, which future beings overcame by uploading their minds into machines for eternal life.
- A Kardashev Type III civilization was achieved, harnessing the power of entire galaxies to support digital existence.
- To combat the universe's heat death, Dyson's eternal intelligence was implemented, slowing down time in simulations as stars died out.
- Transitioning to the degenerate era, black holes became the primary power source, leading to societal fractures and ideological conflicts.
- Strategies like the Penrose process and matter accretion into black holes were employed for energy extraction.
- As resources dwindled, cyber warfare and forced memory reprogramming became common, dividing colonies into opposing factions.
- Hawking radiation was utilized as a power source, necessitating extreme time dilation to sustain life.
- To cope with the vast number of conscious beings, a controversial program merged minds together, compressing memories for efficiency.
- With the universe aging rapidly, smaller black holes evaporated, leading to the realization that the civilization was dwindling, prompting a sober reflection on past actions and a sense of guilt for the lost colonies.
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"Countdown to Isolation: Last Two Colonies"
- Adjusting for sped-up clocks, we had only a few decades left before isolation, with just two colonies remaining by the year 10 to the 93, communicating with the other surviving being on the opposite side of the universe through extreme time dilation, sharing memories and ultimately facing eternal loneliness before losing contact.
