First contact: science fiction

[penthius]

Countering the "aliens won't contact us until we're worthy" viewpoint. What if civilization has to be "unworthy" in order to be contacted, either to take advantage of it, or because civilization is so fucked, the initial horrible culture collapse/shock (die-off?) is better than the alternative?

This post brought to you by me getting my CONvergence-inspired ideas in the same place as the rest of them!