Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 34 minutes ago
In the last video, we talked about a Type D civilization under the Information Mastery Scale. If you haven’t seen the previous videos on this topic, do check them out, the link is in the description below! Today, we will be looking at a Type E civilization and some of its defining characteristics!
According to Sagan, a Type E civilization is one that processes 10^10 unique bits of information. This amount of available information would allow a Type E civilization to build detailed sculptures and architecture as well as delve in advance education and philosophy. Similar to the golden age of Periclean Athens, the philosophical ideals of this civilization would direct it towards morals, logic, and ethics. Its inhabitants would no longer need to rely on superstition, myth, or magic to explain the natural phenomena around them. This is because they would develop philosophy as a way of understanding the world around them, without resorting to religion, myth, or magic like some of the lesser civilizations on this scale. In fact, Type E philosophers would also be scientists who would observe and study the known world, their planet, seas, mountains, solar system, planetary motion, and astral phenomena just like the early Greek philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
Watch The Information Mastery Scale Playlist from the link below:
youtube.com/watch?v=nCJiLhFkMLU&list=PLVxAxdw4ctDaefaRPyG11nfs97dSLYhaz
In the last video, we talked about a Type D civilization under the Information Mastery Scale. If you haven’t seen the previous videos on this topic, do check them out, the link is in the description below! Today, we will be looking at a Type E civilization and some of its defining characteristics!
According to Sagan, a Type E civilization is one that processes 10^10 unique bits of information. This amount of available information would allow a Type E civilization to build detailed sculptures and architecture as well as delve in advance education and philosophy. Similar to the golden age of Periclean Athens, the philosophical ideals of this civilization would direct it towards morals, logic, and ethics. Its inhabitants would no longer need to rely on superstition, myth, or magic to explain the natural phenomena around them. This is because they would develop philosophy as a way of understanding the world around them, without resorting to religion, myth, or magic like some of the lesser civilizations on this scale. In fact, Type E philosophers would also be scientists who would observe and study the known world, their planet, seas, mountains, solar system, planetary motion, and astral phenomena just like the early Greek philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
Watch The Information Mastery Scale Playlist from the link below:
youtube.com/watch?v=nCJiLhFkMLU&list=PLVxAxdw4ctDaefaRPyG11nfs97dSLYhaz
