First Contact in Beyond Fermi's Paradox: Rio 2.0, San Marino, and Global Governance

To the point

If humanity makes contact with intelligent life, we must respond with a transparent, globally coordinated strategy that weighs emotional, political, and scientific stakes, uses Rio and San Marino scales to evaluate signals, considers infohazards and the difference between SETI and METI, follows international guidelines and possible UN consultation for handling evidence and communication, and heeds the wisdom of Fermi, Almár, Tarter, Sagan, and Brin.