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How Far Are We from Level 1 Civilization?
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October 13, 2025
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16:21Now PlayingNeil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore cosmic fate and power on the grandest scales. They explain why the universe is expanding faster due to dark energy, making a “heat death” (ice, not fire) more likely. From there, Neil introduces the Kardashev Scale—measuring civilizations by how much energy they control (planetary, stellar, galactic, even universal). Along the way, they joke about Brian Greene, wars between universes, and what it would mean to harness the energy of black holes and dark energy itself.
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