Toward a Kardashev I Earth: NASA JPL’s Take on the Great Filter, Existential Risks, and the Fermi Paradox

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory researchers examine the Fermi Paradox by considering whether the Great Filter lies ahead or behind humanity and argue that reducing existential risks and advancing toward a Kardashev Type I civilization could improve our chances of survival and of reaching other stars.

Scientists Outline The Most Unsettling Solution To The Fermi Paradox
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Scientists Outline The Most Unsettling Solution To The Fermi Paradox

If we cant overcome this, humanity may be doomed to remain on Earth.