The Asymptote of Civilization

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Data may be preliminary. 15 September 2025 V3 Latest version Share on The Asymptote of Civilization Author : James Oliver 0009-0003-9912-095X [email protected] Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.173921722.28824606/v3 415 views 206 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract Human civilization demonstrates a consistent historical trajectory of expanding control over its environment to ensure survival. This pattern points toward an inevitable endpoint: mobile civilizations that can steer their own cosmic path, as any fixed world faces eventual termination from stellar evolution. While physics permits this transition, achieving such cosmic agency is contingent on solving the engineering challenge of energy density at scale. Supplementary Material File (the asymptote of civilization.pdf) Download 63.03 KB Information & Authors Information Version history V1 Version 1 10 February 2025 V2 Version 2 28 February 2025 V3 Version 3 15 September 2025 Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License Keywords civilization civilizational resilience civilizations design space exploration future futurism global civilizational incentive humanity interstellar space space exploration space exploration optimization spacecraft spacex Authors Affiliations James Oliver 0009-0003-9912-095X [email protected] View all articles by this author Metrics & Citations Metrics Article Usage 415 views 206 downloads .FvxKWukQNSOunydq8rnd { width: 100px; } Citations Download citation James Oliver. The Asymptote of Civilization. Authorea . 15 September 2025. 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