From fireto fusion
Humanity's greatest climb toward a Type I civilization?
Four Pillars of Progress
Type I isn't just about energy. It requires advances across four interconnected domains.
We capture 18 terawatts. Type I needs 10,000× more. Solar is doubling every 3 years. Fusion just hit ignition. The race is on.
Global compute grows 35% yearly. AI is rewriting what's possible. Data centers now consume 2% of global electricity—and climbing.
We extract 15 billion tons of minerals yearly. Batteries, superconductors, room-temp semiconductors—the atoms that make the future physical.
Markets, treaties, institutions. The software layer that decides whether 8 billion humans cooperate or compete ourselves into oblivion.
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