@robertskmiles@ESYudkowsky If the civilization is expanding in all directions at near the speed of light (as it would if it wanted to reach as much of the universe as possible), you would not see those effects until it was very close. The lack of light from an enclosed star would lag the frontier.
@lukemcneice@dwarkesh_sp For what it's worth, I think the organic conversation seems more genuine the way Dwarkesh is already doing it. Editing things in after the fact would take something away from it for me.