Science Fiction with Damien Walter | A science fiction history of World War 3 @DamienWalter | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Humankind had it within our grasp to become a K1 civilization, the first stage of the Kardashev scale. But we allowed K1 to slip through our fingers. As the scientist Carl Sagan argued, much of 20th century history can be understood as the effort, and failure, to achieve K1. Today that failure has returned us to the threat of World War 3, as Russia invades Ukraine. How did we miss our chance at K1? And how can we still become a K1 civilization?
00:00 From 0 to 1 on the Kardashev scale
06:34 The spectre of Word War 3
10:07 Science fiction is the only place where WW3 ever happened
13:49 "The history of humankind is the history of the attainment of external power" H G Wells
20:20 The Golden Age, Atompunk and K1 optimism
23:54 A science fiction history of World War 3
33:13 The hysterical fear of K1
37:03 The consequences of failing to transition to a K1 civilization
40:16 Nuclear power was a missed link in the transition to K1
43:21 K1 as a guiding principle of progress
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Humankind had it within our grasp to become a K1 civilization, the first stage of the Kardashev scale. But we allowed K1 to slip through our fingers. As the scientist Carl Sagan argued, much of 20th century history can be understood as the effort, and failure, to achieve K1. Today that failure has returned us to the threat of World War 3, as Russia invades Ukraine. How did we miss our chance at K1? And how can we still become a K1 civilization?
00:00 From 0 to 1 on the Kardashev scale
06:34 The spectre of Word War 3
10:07 Science fiction is the only place where WW3 ever happened
13:49 "The history of humankind is the history of the attainment of external power" H G Wells
20:20 The Golden Age, Atompunk and K1 optimism
23:54 A science fiction history of World War 3
33:13 The hysterical fear of K1
37:03 The consequences of failing to transition to a K1 civilization
40:16 Nuclear power was a missed link in the transition to K1
43:21 K1 as a guiding principle of progress
Follow the the Science Fiction podcast damiengwalter.com/podcast
Join the discussion on the Science Fiction community facebook.com/groups/324897304599197
Read my top science fiction to rewire your consciousness amzn.to/3gQqfGR
