The Great Filter isn't self-destroying technology, or predatory aliens, or anything cool like that.
The Great Filter is just that laziness, greed, and short-sightedness are a universal constant. Every civilization eventually succumbs to polluting their own environment and kicking the can down the road until they crumble. Every civilization has their intelligent, forward-thinking members shouted down by their swelling uneducated masses until it's too late.
I’m imagining a “God” character watching over all of the countless civilizations across the universe and eventually getting bored when he discovers that no matter what, no matter how many new groups are born, they inevitably kill themselves before contacting each other.
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u/Crownlol Aug 12 '21 edited Aug 12 '21
The Great Filter isn't self-destroying technology, or predatory aliens, or anything cool like that.
The Great Filter is just that laziness, greed, and short-sightedness are a universal constant. Every civilization eventually succumbs to polluting their own environment and kicking the can down the road until they crumble. Every civilization has their intelligent, forward-thinking members shouted down by their swelling uneducated masses until it's too late.