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  • Debating Dyson spheres

    a wonderfully geeky debate is unfolding about the practicality of Dyson Spheres. Or rather, a subset type called a Dyson Swarm. George Dvorsky begins by breaking the problem down into 5 steps: Get energy Mine Mercury Get materials into orbit Make solar collectors Extract energy The idea is to build the entire swarm in iterative…