#165 – Anders Sandberg on war in space, whether civilisations age, and the best things possible in our universe

<p>"Now, the really interesting question is: How much is there an attacker-versus-defender advantage in this kind of advanced future? </p><p>Right now, if somebody's sitting on Mars and you're going to war against them, it's very hard to hit them. You don't have a weapon that can hit them very well. But in theory, if you fire a missile, after a few months, it's going to arrive and maybe hit them, but they have a few months to move away. Distance actually makes you safer: if you spread out in space, it's actually very hard to hit you. <...