Planetary civilization

A planetary civilization or global civilization is a civilization of Type I on Kardashev scale, with energy consumption levels near that of a contemporary terrestrial civilization with an energy capability equivalent to the solar insolation on Earth (between 10¹⁶ and 10¹⁷ watts). In social aspect – the worldwide, global, increasingly interconnected, international, highly technological society.

Soviet astronomer Nikolai Kardashev in a work "Transmission of Information by Extraterrestrial Civilizations", published in 1964, proposed the scale of technological development of civilization, based on the amount of energy that civilization is able to utilize, then named Kardashev scale.

A Type I civilization is planetary, consuming all energy that is available from a neighboring star, or about 10¹⁷ watts. A Type II civilization is stellar, consuming all the energy that their star emits, or 10²⁷ watts. A type III civilization is galactic, consuming the energy of billions of stars, or about 10³⁷ watts.

Carl Sagan suggested defining intermediate values (not considered in Kardashev's original scale) by interpolating and extrapolating, according to his calculations, the modern state of the present human civilization is expressed by a value about 0.7.

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, in a book, Physics of the Future, published in 2011, stated that humans with an average еconomic growth may attain planetary civilization status in 100 years. This means we can see evidence of this everywhere we go. The internet is the beginning of planetary telecommunication system. The European Union is the beginning of a Type I economy. English will probably be the planetary language, as you can go anywhere on the planet Earth and the educated already speak English and are bi-lingual. Also, on the Internet, the number one language on the Internet is English, followed by Mandarin. A planetary culture is emerging, based on youth culture (rock and roll and youth fashion), movies (Hollywood blockbusters), high fashion (luxury goods). That same kind of culture, youth culture, the culture of the rich, is now going around the planet Earth. You see the beginning of planetary sports, the Olympics, soccer games. Realize that in the old days, you had competition between tribes. Now we have games not just between small provinces, but games that envelop the entire planet Earth. Innovation and discovery are changing the entire economic, political, and social landscape, overturning all the old cherished beliefs and prejudices.

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