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by mattkevan 2710 days ago
Cixin Liu’s Three Body Problem stories have exactly that premise.

In the books game theory means that the most prudent way to deal with a competitor species is to obliterate it immediately on discovery. The answer to Fermi’s Paradox is that everyone is keeping their heads down and and hoping no one notices them.

Humans, on the other hand, are merrily broadcasting away without a care in the universe...