Even Dath Ilan couldn't innovate that fast: the Dyson-sphere debate continues
austinc3301 · x · 2026-09-22
Continuing his rebuttal to the claim that cheap human-level intelligence with better coordination could build a Dyson sphere in a decade, austinc3301 notes that even Dath Ilan—the fictional society with near-perfect coordination—didn't make technological progress that fast. The thread remains a debate over whether coordination gains can compress engineering timelines this dramatically.
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