civilization
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Those entities, later used for the merger, carried the name K2, an apparent homage to the Kardashev scale—a theoretical framework that illustrates a civilization’s advancement through energy usage, including from stars.
They are affirming a worldview rooted in biblical record while fighting the erasure of the foundations upon which Western civilization is built.
Traditionally this column has appreciated Olympics drama especially when it involves the clash of civilizations, like Athens vs.
Shouldn’t I have been jumping for joy, scrambling down the tree, diving into the water, and swimming back to my own kind to be rescued and taken back to… civilization?
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“The capabilities we unlock by making space-based data centers a reality will fund and enable self-growing bases on the Moon, an entire civilization on Mars and ultimately expansion to the universe,” Musk said.
From MarketWatch
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