NASA-Backed Mundane Fermi Paradox: A Galaxy Teeming with Life, Yet Indifferent to Contact

To the point

Dr. Robin Corbet argues that civilizations may never spread across the galaxy or send strong signals because they settle for modest tech, grow bored with exploration, and lose interest in contact, so the galaxy could be full of life but mostly quiet and detectable only by faint leakage signals.

Why aliens are (probably) too lazy to make first contact | BBC Science Focus Magazine
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Why aliens are (probably) too lazy to make first contact | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Space is big. Why not kick back, relax, and wait for them to come to you?