- Facilitating Communication and Coordination
As civilizations scale up, data ensures cohesion and coordination across vast distances:
Planetary Scale (Type I): Global data networks enable unified governance and resource sharing, critical for a Type I civilization. For example, real-time data on climate systems could support global efforts to mitigate environmental challenges, a stepping stone to Type I.
Stellar and Galactic Scales (Type II and III): Interplanetary or interstellar communication requires robust data systems to manage energy production, colony operations, and system failures. For a Type III civilization, data networks spanning the Milky Way would coordinate energy harvesting from billions of stars, as discussed in speculative contexts The Kardashev scale: Classifying alien civilizations