Rethinking the Fermi Paradox: A 5,000-Year Civilizational Lifespan, the Great Filter, and the Limits of Our Instruments
To the point
Technological civilizations may have a median lifespan of roughly 5,000 years, and the resulting cosmic silence could arise from self-destruction, external catastrophes, or a loss of interest, a Great Filter debate explored by Robin Hanson and Sabine Hossenfelder who suggest our own technological limits could be muting alien signals.
