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A Meta-Story

Once upon a time there were three story-generating algorithms. The first story-generating algorithm wrote a long and complicated story, full of twists and turns, in which the second algorithm appeared and wrote a story. The second algorithm’s story was shorter, and not so complicated, but it featured the third algorithm in action. And the third algorithm wrote this story.

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A recent theoretical study of interstellar communication yielded a fundamental argument for the advantages of relatively slow mass exchange (like package delivery) over radio or other speed-of-light communications, based on a lower energy cost for information transmission. A popular summary is also available.

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