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Expanding into cosmology and interstellar travel, the speaker reflects on humanity’s technological evolution over the past two centuries—from musketry to radio and atomic science. They posit that advanced civilizations with hyperdrive technology could manipulate space-time, enabling instantaneous travel. To such a race, humanity’s destructive tendencies—killing each other and destroying planets—would be perplexing and perhaps threatening.
They emphasize the vastness of potential extraterrestrial technology, suggesting alien races might view humans as dangerous or primitive due to their self-destructive behaviors.