Living things do not repair their bodies indefinitely. Instead, they take a single cell, hopefully undamaged, and create a new copy from it. Then they die. If this is evolution’s chosen strategy, what does that say about *collections* of living things: cultures and civilizations?
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Replying to @CurlOfGradient
Not sure if this is what you meant, but if we remain as a single planet culture/civilisation/species, it’s clear to me our days are numbered.
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Replying to @insomniacity
I was thinking more along the lines of whether civilizations need mass die-offs to maintain their health, but it also applies to sending small groups of colonists to other planets, yes.
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Replying to @CurlOfGradient @insomniacity
(Not that I would ever advocate mass die-offs.)
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