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Re:Why I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Not... by obfuscate on Sunday January 10, 2010 @03:47PM (#1043633)
If we as humans or post-humans figure out how to balance our need for resources (by not having to mine space) I think that could change things dramatically.

More sustainable civilization in the universe is still better than less. (cf. Bostrom's "Astronomical Waste": http://www.nickbostrom.com/astronomical/waste.html)

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