Re: m1, m2, m3 civilizations

From: EvMick@aol.com
Date: Thu Dec 10 1998 - 22:01:39 MST


In a message dated 12/10/98 12:50:07 AM Central Standard Time, spike66@ibm.net
writes:

> question please, o great writhing amoeba of collective extropian arcania:
> is anyone here familiar with the terms m1, m2, m3, civilizations? i think
> i saw it here once. the definition is something like: an m1 civilization
is
> one
> that has exhausted the resources of a continent. m2... a planet? where
> does this terminology come from? thanks! spike
>

I recall the terms...foggy and distant in my memory.

I seem to recall it was more radical than that though....Dyson Spheres
figured. I beleive M1 was planetary. M2 was system.

Probably wrong...and no references..

EvMick



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