Swedish tech veteran: Dyson spheres now feel 'inevitable' — 90% excited, 10% terrified
erikstarck · x · 2026-09-11
Swedish tech commentator erikstarck muses that Dyson spheres, pondered since the 90s, now feel not just feasible but nearly inevitable — and far closer than once thought. He rates himself "90% excited, 10% terrified" and invokes Eliezer's 1999 Future Shock Level concept: most people sit at SL0 while he's contemplating ASI, as if living in a different reality.
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