[pavel_lishin]

I don't think that was the premise at all; what you're describing sounds closer to "Signal to Noise" [1], another book that covers a lot of the same themes as Three Body Problem (first contact, the dark forest hypothesis, etc.)

[1]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/700919.Signal_to_Noise?f...

[caseymarquis]

Agreed.