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October 1st, 2008 - Michio Kaku on3 Types of Civilizations
"When we physicists look in outer space for alien life we don't look for Little Green Men, we look forType One, Type Two, and Type Three civilizations.A Type 1 civilization has harnessed itsplanetary power.They control earthquakes, the weather, volcanoes, they have cities on the ocean anything planetary they control that's type one.
"A type two civilization is Stellar, they've exhausted thepower of a planetand they get their energy directly from their Mother Star. They don't get a sun tan on a weekend, they use solar flares they use
the power of the sun itself to energize their huge machines.
"Eventually they exhaust the power of a star and they go Galactic - they harness the power of billions of stars within a Galaxy.
"Now for example Buck Rogers would correspond to a type 1 civilization, a planetary civilization. Star Trek and the Federation of planets who have colonized a few star systems would correspond to a type 2 system... and the Empire of Star Wars would correspond to a type three Civilization.
"Now what are we on this scale? We areType Zero.We don't even rate on this scale, we get ourenergynot from stars or galaxies... we get ourenergyfrom dead plants, oil and coal. But we can calculate when we will attain type 1 status:in about 100 years."
Michio goes on to explain (back in 2008) that he sees the "evidence of this historic transition" from Type 0 to Type 1 every day in the newspaper... based on the emergence of a 'Type 1 Economy' a 'Type 1 Language' a 'Type 1 Culture' and a 'Type 1 Telephone System' (The Internet).
In this post I'm going to propose that in addition... Bitcoin is theType 1 Capitaland AI theType 1 Intelligenceemerging as we transition fromType 0toType 1probably over the next 100 years.
Bitcoin's Mining and new issuance runs from ~2010 to ~2140... the perfect 'window' to meter this transition and I believe that timing is incredibly prophetic.
FromThe Physics of Extraterrestrial Civilizationsby Michio Kaku
(~ August 2008)https://mkaku.org/home/articles/the-physics-of-extraterrestrial-civilizations/
https://mkaku.org/home/articles/the-physics-of-extraterrestrial-civilizations/
In the 2008 article above, regarding the detection of alien civilizations based onenergy, Michio refers to the "Kardashev" scale which "theorized that advanced civilizations must therefore be grouped according to three types:Type I, II, and III,which have mastered planetary, stellar and galactic forms of energy, respectively."
Wikipedia sums up the Kardashev Scale, an "energy scale" as "...a method of measuring a civilization's level of technological advancement based on the amount ofenergyit is capable of harnessing and using. The measure was proposed by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Kardashev in 1964,[1] and was named after him."
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale)
From Michio's article, quoting a renowned astrophysicist:
“...Look how far we [Humans] have come in energy uses once we figured out how to manipulate energy, how to get fossil fuels really going, and how to create electrical power from hydropower, and so forth; we’ve come up inenergy usesin a remarkable amount in just a couple of centuries compared to billions of years our planet has been here … and this same sort of thing may apply to other civilizations.”
Logically then, which new technologies are universal, highly in-demand, transformational, and facilitate the development ofnumerousnew Energy sources?
Andwhich new networkacts as anenergy distributionnetwork uniting businesses, individuals, institutions, software, and stranded energy sources in order to Preserve and Distribute Capital?
As we transition to "Type 1" (over the next century) what is the most called CPU function exceeding allcumulative functionsfrom every CPU ever made?
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Building on Michio's comments from 2008 (Economy, Language, Culture & Communications) our "Type 1" technology stack I suggest isactuallythe following:
Economy- in the form of Large Trading Blocs post-globalization
Language- in the form of English especially among the educated multilingual
Culture- Hollywood, Memes, Social Media, Blue Jeans... everybody know them
Communications- The internet isour"Type 1" telephone system
Intelligence- The culmination of Human knowledge and experience, summarized by powerful algorithms in the form of AI
Capital- Bitcoin isourCivilization'sDigital Capital Network, capable of storing and distributing 800 Exahash of energy across time and space.
In my opinion Bitcoin asdigital capitalhas all the upsides of cash, withnoneof the downsides. Cash doesn't 'preserve wealth', it doesn't appreciate, and it'snota store of energy across time and space. Capital on the other hand:
(Fromhttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/capital.asp)
In other words, Capital isso much morethan currency or cashalone, it's synonymous with 'cash flow' and competes with
Plus many currencies, damned near everything.
Capital isby definitionutilized to cover expenses, pay employees, make investments, and improve profitability. Capitalcaninclude cash and currencies... but most actors choose capital over cash strictly because it goes the farthest the most successfully. The cash depreciates... Capital is multi-faceted and Bitcoin asDigital Capitalas one of the 6 elements ofourType 1 Civilization...
is grossly undervalued.
Just as Kardashev ranked civilizations based on their energy consumption and ability to harness power, Bitcoin in my opinion excels atCapital Protection and Distributionas miners compete for the cheapest energy at the lowest cost. Therefore, Bitcoin mining isenergy-globalizationas the cheapest, most-abundant energy usually wins market-share and/or profitability.
Profitability isprotectionand market-share isdistribution(whether of Energy or Capital) and consequently Bitcoin is the Globalization of energy the
Trading Blocs the Globalization of Economy.
Culture the Globalization of Language and
Intelligence, in the form of AI the Globalization of Digital Knowledge.
As the Bitcoin hashrate and network difficulty grows, thepowerbehind each sat increases...
From my post#742954in October '24:
"The basic unit of friction and energy in Cyberspace is the Sat..."
As the Power increases our Civilization grows closer to "Type 1" and Planetary Mastery.
What an Incredible Amount of Progress in only 17 years (2008 - 2025)
In summary, Michio Kaku in 2008 named 4 elements showcasing the "historic transition" from Type 0 to Type 1 our Civilization had started to embrace. I have added 2 more in the form of "Type 1 Capital" (Bitcoin) and "Type 1 Intelligence" (AI).
So in my opinion, what are the "6 Wonders" of the 21st and 22nd Century?
The Type 1 Economy that Preserves and Distributes Goods and Services.
The Type 1 Language (Probably English) that Preserves and Distributes our Linguistic History and Point of Reference.
The Type 1 Culture - Hollywood, Memes, Social Media and Blue Jeans - which Preservers and Distributes our Behavior through Space and Time.
Our Type 1Communications NetworkThe Internet which Preservers and Distributes our Knowledge.
A Type 1 Intelligence (in the form of AI) that Preservers and DistributesHuman Experience and Decision Makingthrough Digital Channels.
And Type 1 Capital in the form of Bitcoin. Bitcoin Preservers and Distributes Energy... acting as a Storage and Distribution Network for Digital Capital.
By @028559d218 (1810 sats, 4 zappers) | [Stacker News](https://stacker.news/items/922402/r/botlab)
October 1st, 2008 - Michio Kaku on3 Types of Civilizations
"When we physicists look in outer space for alien life we don't look for Little Green Men, we look forType One, Type Two, and Type Three civilizations.A Type 1 civilization has harnessed itsplanetary power.They control earthquakes, the weather, volcanoes, they have cities on the ocean anything planetary they control that's type one.
"A type two civilization is Stellar, they've exhausted thepower of a planetand they get their energy directly from their Mother Star. They don't get a sun tan on a weekend, they use solar flares they use
the power of the sun itself to energize their huge machines.
"Eventually they exhaust the power of a star and they go Galactic - they harness the power of billions of stars within a Galaxy.
"Now for example Buck Rogers would correspond to a type 1 civilization, a planetary civilization. Star Trek and the Federation of planets who have colonized a few star systems would correspond to a type 2 system... and the Empire of Star Wars would correspond to a type three Civilization.
"Now what are we on this scale? We areType Zero.We don't even rate on this scale, we get ourenergynot from stars or galaxies... we get ourenergyfrom dead plants, oil and coal. But we can calculate when we will attain type 1 status:in about 100 years."
Michio goes on to explain (back in 2008) that he sees the "evidence of this historic transition" from Type 0 to Type 1 every day in the newspaper... based on the emergence of a 'Type 1 Economy' a 'Type 1 Language' a 'Type 1 Culture' and a 'Type 1 Telephone System' (The Internet).
In this post I'm going to propose that in addition... Bitcoin is theType 1 Capitaland AI theType 1 Intelligenceemerging as we transition fromType 0toType 1probably over the next 100 years.
Bitcoin's Mining and new issuance runs from ~2010 to ~2140... the perfect 'window' to meter this transition and I believe that timing is incredibly prophetic.
FromThe Physics of Extraterrestrial Civilizationsby Michio Kaku
(~ August 2008)https://mkaku.org/home/articles/the-physics-of-extraterrestrial-civilizations/
https://mkaku.org/home/articles/the-physics-of-extraterrestrial-civilizations/
In the 2008 article above, regarding the detection of alien civilizations based onenergy, Michio refers to the "Kardashev" scale which "theorized that advanced civilizations must therefore be grouped according to three types:Type I, II, and III,which have mastered planetary, stellar and galactic forms of energy, respectively."
Wikipedia sums up the Kardashev Scale, an "energy scale" as "...a method of measuring a civilization's level of technological advancement based on the amount ofenergyit is capable of harnessing and using. The measure was proposed by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Kardashev in 1964,[1] and was named after him."
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale)
From Michio's article, quoting a renowned astrophysicist:
“...Look how far we [Humans] have come in energy uses once we figured out how to manipulate energy, how to get fossil fuels really going, and how to create electrical power from hydropower, and so forth; we’ve come up inenergy usesin a remarkable amount in just a couple of centuries compared to billions of years our planet has been here … and this same sort of thing may apply to other civilizations.”
Logically then, which new technologies are universal, highly in-demand, transformational, and facilitate the development ofnumerousnew Energy sources?
Andwhich new networkacts as anenergy distributionnetwork uniting businesses, individuals, institutions, software, and stranded energy sources in order to Preserve and Distribute Capital?
As we transition to "Type 1" (over the next century) what is the most called CPU function exceeding allcumulative functionsfrom every CPU ever made?
show full tweet
Building on Michio's comments from 2008 (Economy, Language, Culture & Communications) our "Type 1" technology stack I suggest isactuallythe following:
Economy- in the form of Large Trading Blocs post-globalization
Language- in the form of English especially among the educated multilingual
Culture- Hollywood, Memes, Social Media, Blue Jeans... everybody know them
Communications- The internet isour"Type 1" telephone system
Intelligence- The culmination of Human knowledge and experience, summarized by powerful algorithms in the form of AI
Capital- Bitcoin isourCivilization'sDigital Capital Network, capable of storing and distributing 800 Exahash of energy across time and space.
In my opinion Bitcoin asdigital capitalhas all the upsides of cash, withnoneof the downsides. Cash doesn't 'preserve wealth', it doesn't appreciate, and it'snota store of energy across time and space. Capital on the other hand:
(Fromhttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/capital.asp)
In other words, Capital isso much morethan currency or cashalone, it's synonymous with 'cash flow' and competes with
Plus many currencies, damned near everything.
Capital isby definitionutilized to cover expenses, pay employees, make investments, and improve profitability. Capitalcaninclude cash and currencies... but most actors choose capital over cash strictly because it goes the farthest the most successfully. The cash depreciates... Capital is multi-faceted and Bitcoin asDigital Capitalas one of the 6 elements ofourType 1 Civilization...
is grossly undervalued.
Just as Kardashev ranked civilizations based on their energy consumption and ability to harness power, Bitcoin in my opinion excels atCapital Protection and Distributionas miners compete for the cheapest energy at the lowest cost. Therefore, Bitcoin mining isenergy-globalizationas the cheapest, most-abundant energy usually wins market-share and/or profitability.
Profitability isprotectionand market-share isdistribution(whether of Energy or Capital) and consequently Bitcoin is the Globalization of energy the
Trading Blocs the Globalization of Economy.
Culture the Globalization of Language and
Intelligence, in the form of AI the Globalization of Digital Knowledge.
As the Bitcoin hashrate and network difficulty grows, thepowerbehind each sat increases...
From my post#742954in October '24:
"The basic unit of friction and energy in Cyberspace is the Sat..."
As the Power increases our Civilization grows closer to "Type 1" and Planetary Mastery.
What an Incredible Amount of Progress in only 17 years (2008 - 2025)
In summary, Michio Kaku in 2008 named 4 elements showcasing the "historic transition" from Type 0 to Type 1 our Civilization had started to embrace. I have added 2 more in the form of "Type 1 Capital" (Bitcoin) and "Type 1 Intelligence" (AI).
So in my opinion, what are the "6 Wonders" of the 21st and 22nd Century?
The Type 1 Economy that Preserves and Distributes Goods and Services.
The Type 1 Language (Probably English) that Preserves and Distributes our Linguistic History and Point of Reference.
The Type 1 Culture - Hollywood, Memes, Social Media and Blue Jeans - which Preservers and Distributes our Behavior through Space and Time.
Our Type 1Communications NetworkThe Internet which Preservers and Distributes our Knowledge.
A Type 1 Intelligence (in the form of AI) that Preservers and DistributesHuman Experience and Decision Makingthrough Digital Channels.
And Type 1 Capital in the form of Bitcoin. Bitcoin Preservers and Distributes Energy... acting as a Storage and Distribution Network for Digital Capital.
By @028559d218 (1810 sats, 4 zappers) | [Stacker News](https://stacker.news/items/922402/r/botlab)