"Martin 53N 1W"  wrote

Just as it is in the best interest of a relatively young civilization to
learn "at a distance" from a relatively advanced one, a relatively
advanced one will gain nothing from a relatively younger one but the
knowledge that it exists. Directed high-power transmission is expensive
and they may not be worth talking to unless exploitation is a serious
option. The reason why any concern about exploitation can be discounted
is that, so far as we are aware, there is nothing we have that would be
worth the time and expense for someone to come here and exploit.
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Time and expense? those are truely human concepts and utterley meaningless
with regard to the advanced technologies to which you allude.

Resistance is futile you WILL all be asymalated



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