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Kardashev Scale
A method of measuring a civilization’s level of technological advancement by the amount of energy it can harness and put to work — originally proposed by Nikolai Kardashev (1964).
| Type | Rough idea |
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I
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Planetary energy budget
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II
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Full output of its star
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III
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Energy of its galaxy
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Why it shows up in our research
When we talk about technological acceleration or “pushing technology as far as it can go”, the Kardashev ladder is a reminder: the outer bound is physical and infrastructural, not only software fashion.