This is a trick question, right? Presumably a high civilization wouldn't be simply buying up rich, sustainable, highly bio-diverse planets and just consuming them; and if it were, it's hard to see what point there would be in having a conversation with one of the soon-to-be-doomed (or at least orphaned) inhabitants beforehand.
Good point. But no, not a trick question. You are sent by an alien civilization to find out the contact "person" as defined in legal documents =person=corporation=a natural person or a state= to contact to buy the earth.
You could look to China as an example; a country that has re-entered the world economy fairly abruptly and is looking to acquire raw materials.
They might follow their lead and do deals with countries like Australia, Canada and Russia or they could just acquire stock in corps like BHP Billiton or BP.
So it would boil down to stock trades and board meetings.
I would just send nanomachines to disassemble and process the materials and dismantle the planet according to my needs.
If I were a member of a space faring civilization many million years older than mankind, there is a huge chance I would regard humans as high as humans regard bacteria. Or insects.
You don't think twice before cleaning your floor with disinfectant, do you?
--I would regard humans as high as humans regard bacteria--
but this is the question - you are assuming that -humans- own the earth - this is not clear - as another poster mentioned - he would deal with china - a state - or a corporation -bp- and even perhaps the -bacteria- that humans have a hard time controlling
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 25.7 ms ] threadThey might follow their lead and do deals with countries like Australia, Canada and Russia or they could just acquire stock in corps like BHP Billiton or BP.
So it would boil down to stock trades and board meetings.
If I were a member of a space faring civilization many million years older than mankind, there is a huge chance I would regard humans as high as humans regard bacteria. Or insects.
You don't think twice before cleaning your floor with disinfectant, do you?
but this is the question - you are assuming that -humans- own the earth - this is not clear - as another poster mentioned - he would deal with china - a state - or a corporation -bp- and even perhaps the -bacteria- that humans have a hard time controlling
From a very advanced - and very alien - civilization's point of view, we are nothing more than nice sources of complex carbon chemistry.
Our only chance would be if we, somehow, reminded them of what they were eons ago so as to elicit some empathy.