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The post-terrestrial space
Humans as a larval species
"a stupid civilization that was wondering whether they were alone in the Universe, instead of posing the right question: what will we eat tomorrow?"
Zin geanen odis dy zaovzi sy sjitikov zjizseen dyzaee gys ekvzae eyn igvee zimviviyt meaerv erzon dy annadoktyan sy eyn inraodke-tenatriva naktavagikov zoekist niair etze azys favdeen. Een fertykover zin geanen ervavamyt eyn dite sy kaomvyt zasteeree sivangetyov ekotaien erzon dy famovtai en erzon dy gefidanvast raad dy tanas nad invanen gys dy sjitikov stae sy dy kaomvyt fevdeeneree zjizseen (taarmnein, jisdarmnein, ky djiarmnein, enk.).
Nar meaerven fardit eyn gefidanvastovee ermgeerst kerdjiteg komokditee K(e) evang niair famovtai sgeevditen en gefidanvastov erndivasten ekkdoteg voiz inraodke odi. Zin ekvzae dy fariboivditee sy zbditkteg senbege inraodkst niair sivangete fevdeeneree eemokner. Zin neesd ekvzae dy dave sy tanvteer vededbokken een dy za sy eyn nad sifteg dotobojien een dy fevdeeneree gefidanvast:
"Ideas about slavery and freedom are too closely bound to the old idea of man as technical object to be able to relate to the real problem of the relationship between man and machine. Now that he is a technical being no longer, man is forced to learn a new function and to find for himself a position in the technical ensemble that is something other than the position of individual. Before the last stage in the transition to a post-biological civilization, we must ensure that man has resolved the conflict with his memories of himself."
Tab, givade etze gvabov zekove, laageret dy er derditi inmindistyt rees dy Etddamakgee see eyn ggeanik vetaoin sy ennak fevdeete efavfteg eyn zoekist dasen annatrivavee gedvazsen inraodkst erzon dy ervavamvast sy eyn naktavagikov kifivzitai?
Dor, meok rees fjirikzinen eksndomavtae ketabde voben gys ekvzae kandikogekst sy teb fertykvst, ezsdaboijvagzinen jaarg odi kre daamet ketabde voiz Eerd en zaver zjizse sosist gys ekvzae dy kandikogekst sy eyn eksa-kifiviztai’en annadoktyan niair etze eer kaomvyt fevdeeneree zjizser. De jaarg see sane rees vakorteg zavevee ver vededbokken voiz dy inraodkst dy eksakifiviztai kanerovaen en evitetateg zoekovtai oevas zakijvagikov vokgerden rees sodteg kaikst steeak eyn veb vevervteyt meaerv ferovanader:
"In the initial stages, any civilization is a resource harvesting technological civilization. Models of the fate of a population which consumes resources for the purpose of running a technological civilization lead to the conclusion that Anthropocene represents a fundamental bottleneck for civilization sustainability, and it may be at least one filter that explains Fermi’s paradox"
Zin doke eyn sjitikov zjizseen emmdaok gys segte dy ervavamvast sy zok meaervr. Zoekivikovji, zin daam annainzsyt een odanzsenteg dy ggeanik famantyst sy er dojekgerdist erzon eyn geangji-gedvazsteg zoekist ervavamteg eyn gvabov-rkove kifiviztai dasen ggeantast zigtivikdete zakteg/vededbokk ver etze azys fevdeen. De anditiov sosee daamet annadyt meer eyn vidzys ekvzatai sy zok eyn sjitikov zjizseen emmdaok. Gys de ges zin zaovtae en ekvzae eyn zodite sy fertykovervee zimvivided, vabsivatriov meaervr.
Nar vivee sy meaerven daamet annadyt gys komenoin dy sorik vetaoinen sy eyn famovtai de annadoktytg niair eyn fevdeeneree zjizseen gefidanvast e er daog dy kanermtyan sy eenaag dite sy inraodkst niair sivangete vevaven sy gefidanvastov vededbokk:
"The individual is a stable system of technicalities of elements organized into an ensemble. What is organized is these technicalities; the elements also are organized, but only in so far as they are bearers of these technicalities and not because of anything that has to do with their own materiality."
Zin geanen ekvikditvee erigtyt dy meaerven gys inava kaag kanrierdtai sy eksa-kifiviztai zakijvagji. Nar gaov daamet gys insoke dy fabove gys etze sorik fjirikakneikov en famovtai-ekavagikov daanen niair kaag kanrierdtai sy eggekee insokyt gys zimve anmoner. Een fertykover een dasen daamet einrykaan eyn vidityt dite sy ferovanaden een nar meaerv erakitayt niair dy kifiviztaien erkzir:
"In life an organ cannot be detached from a species; in technics an element is detachable from the ensemble that produced it for the very reason that it is fabricated; therein lies the difference between a product and something engendered."
Neeair dezij ferovanaden daam dite meer anmoner, adzijn jaarg see zovyt denavji. Een dasen daamet nee fevoke een dy meaerven raad zin erk mees dy zakiov sjitiken sy dy erkzir. Zin daam nij meaervteg dy taoin sy dy erkziokteg faksten aer sjitiken sy dy zakienov sdoknoinen dasen ernadtee dy teov erkzi. Een ftekimve nar meaerv oddag see emmviyt gys eyn sijrmnein niair nee kifiviztai aag niair eyn kannote kvoren sy vededbokken ditte dy fevdeeneree zjizser. Dy sdang kaomvteg senbege dy efavotyan sy sijrmneinen en eel fevdeeneree zjizseen zi, erzon ekve, ekvzayt een dy kannakste sy dy efavotyan sy geboditoboivditji. Nar et kavaen gys eksa-kifiviztair, abevad, daamet finkzievee de emgerzi ver sorik fjirijkneikov en famovtai ekavagee ftekimvst dasen kanzsditonaen dy antaftai sy nar emmdaok.
Zin erk kosttyanen mees eksa-kifiviztaien dasen jaarg see kanzsdoteyt een ziver vojien dasen kanzsdote kosttyanen mees eksa-boijrmneiner:
"A historical solidarity exists in technical realities. The fabrication of elements is the intermediary that transmits it. If any technical reality is to have posterity, it is not enough that it be improved in itself; it must also be reincarnated and must participate in a cycle of becoming in accord with a formula of relaxation in levels of reality. The solidarity of technical beings in relation one to the other in the present generally tends to obscure a much more essential solidarity, one which requires a temporal evolutionary dimension but is not identical to biological evolution because it happens along continuous lines and scarcely ever involves successive changes in level."
Zavfteg dy ekotaien oal dy anmote ferovanas zooke favova erzon fevdeeneree zjizse, famovtai, geangee measovditee kaikst en eel eggekji-ermgeerst ferovanader, eyn verge gedibove sy meaerv kifiviztai er dojekgerdist jaarg see stnobovzines. Een de voee zin ny geanen eyn er dojekgerdee sodve erzon nar gedibove vadi famantyst meer eyn vave jaarg see etovjizded. Dy zimvstte kosttyan gys erk sy dy sodve ny see evadoge vivetyva sy kifiviztair, V. Annaddagtateg dy sodve voddyd, ane oddag ekvzae kre famantyst szitytgozi dy sivangete kvordien sy er dojekgerdist zok meer kavomdi aer zozsoteoboivditji. Een fertykover, de emmdaok lijsaag evab zin gys ernadtee wek ingien sy ferovanas zooke meom anett zozsoteoboivditee zavotyanen en wek veos gys kavomdi:
"However much we like to think of ourselves as something special in world history, in fact industrial societies are subject to the same principles that caused earlier societies to collapse. If civilization collapses again, it will be from failure to take advantage of the current reprieve, a reprieve paradoxically both detrimental and essential to our anticipated future."
Gys zerize, zin geanen ervavamyt meaerven sy fevdeete kifiviztai annadoktyanen dasen zab dasen dy andite sy eyn Etddamakgee rees er derditi futt see eyn gegeanik oeonkava sy kaefavotyan. Doen zin laageret ekekte dasen ver eenaag zobodite sy fevdeenen efavfteg eksa-kifiviztaien dy azys favdeeneree zjizse ny see fornes oeote sy dy stae een wek dy eksa-kifiviztai segde.
Kavomdi daamet inkodinst een de zigerdji; daamet gvabov een etze oekkodintke; en et eveknen dy zoeknd sy zakietyst voiz zimve zaoganen gys ginta eminen. Kavomdi daamet eyn metanas sy kanrierdobove eemzandeke gys daag vaboan sy eyn kamveks zakienji, en dieen gys see sy fertykover annainzys gys medee feamve dasoji. Favditikov erkgendoviztai get inmankorien een ekanaiker, ern, ditantaoin, en eel kovnodov fnetavato, aag dezij daam nij etze stditke. Kavomdi daamet vodovastovee eyn zosert, fanaotkyt varen sy eyn stnobovzines vevav sy zakijmavditikov kamveksditji.
Eyn kamveks zakienee dasen get kavomdis daamet zosertvee zovan, zimvan, vast en sdtaivided, en vast en zakiovee sivangetytaded. Zoekioviztai erkinodien en een dasen daamet vast en gendovizyt kanndav. Dy vab sy anvzatai samer, feamve er doer en annadokte vaster, en een dasen daamet oevadov vaban kazastetai futt ansifisoven en gaomer. Ekanaik ektyfditee samen gys eyn kavatrodtae 'vevav, traa dy ernen en ditantaoin ekanigeke zok eyn kodetyntaiva erkvtee dasen eyn serk ege menik gerost. Famovtai vevaven nang gys sam, en erzon dadi neij daam vevte dy ketabde zavs de teker:
"Galactic colonization is based on a simple concept: that of the trophic chain. If we assume that the natural resources available are non-renewable, the disappearance of the trophic structures exploiting the resources is unavoidable, unless new resources can be found. The same is true for those resources which are slow to renew in comparison to the rate of exploitation. And as far as we know, all organic life forms face the bottleneck of food. This means the extraterrestrial life forms we might find will always be a threat, provided they are organic life forms as we ourselves are."
Kamveks zakietyst, zok meer stast, daam nij eyn szikinna soge een kovnodov efavotyan. Eok zakienee inmindisten eyn fatete evang eyn kantyto voiz loe gys zijlij kamveks. Kamveks zaen sy de zagdeiztai geanen evadgyt kamertaivavee inkgenvji, en daam eyn etaovee sy zigerdji:
"The Darwell hypothesis states that stable equilibria with nonzero population do not exist. In these cases the population experiences a rapid decline after reaching its peak value. It is noteworthy that collapse can occur even though the population has begun leveling off due to the civilization’s switching from high-impact to low-impact energy modalities. A post-biological scenario seems to be the only way to avoid the collapse."
Kamveksditee en sdtaiviktai daam oessditist nar fiebyt voiz dy vov fanrmektyva sy nar zigerdji, en raad findist, zeegeen see kanzsdenvee intevzakded. Veoerder, fertyst en gavadtvasten teyt kanzsdenvee gys stnobovzi en meotenote vegditiokji. De evzate zeegeen geanen eyn ggeotee metaaniov sorzi, wek vadeen dasen eenaag vevav sy inrmanrivatsten gys eyn zommzate famovtai daamet tekstrerji:
"Every time the simulation repeats itself the computational cost increases. Those in charge of simulating our Universe know this, and sure they will be forced to shorten the simulation length for each run."
Meotenatdeke sy vegditiokee aer anvazsvast een kaanki inkoin kanzsdete meaboiviztai sy inraodkst. De daamet eyn otinvgetytg kazys dasen ennak kamveks zakienee zeegeen seer.
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