I'm starting to think this may be the Great Filter.
Get a system rolling that allows real costs to be ignored, then combine that with technological advancement that allows for planetary-scale damage and maybe it becomes inevitable that nascent Type I civilizations go back to banging rocks together, at best. It's the same result you get from an uncontrolled paper-clip maximizer, just with a lot more moving parts and flourishes.
Get a system rolling that allows real costs to be ignored, then combine that with technological advancement that allows for planetary-scale damage and maybe it becomes inevitable that nascent Type I civilizations go back to banging rocks together, at best. It's the same result you get from an uncontrolled paper-clip maximizer, just with a lot more moving parts and flourishes.