You can hop through the multiverse and bend time to your will.

你可以在多元宇宙中跳躍，讓時間隨心所欲。

You'd be part of a super-advanced version of humanity, a Type VII civilization.

你將成為人類超級先進版本，即第七類文明的一部分。

Uh, yes please.

嗯，是的，請。

But how do we get here?

但我們是如何到達這裡的呢？

Today, we're taking you on a journey to the future to show you how humanity could progress from a Type 0 civilization all the way to a Type VII.

今天，我們將帶您踏上未來之旅，向您展示人類如何從 0 型文明一路發展到 VII 型文明。

Now, before we visit these super-advanced civilizations, let's take a second to talk about the scale we measure them on, the Kardashev scale.

現在，在我們參觀這些超級先進的文明之前，讓我們花點時間來談談我們衡量它們的尺度--卡達舍夫尺度。

For starters, you're probably wondering why it's called the Kardashev scale.

首先，你可能想知道它為什麼叫卡爾達舍夫量表。

Well, this scale is the brainchild of Russian astronomer Nikolai Kardashev, who proposed a system for classifying how advanced a civilization is.

這個量表是俄羅斯天文學家尼古拉-卡爾達舍夫（Nikolai Kardashev）的心血結晶，他提出了一個劃分文明先進程度的系統。

It's kind of a tricky problem because civilizations change over time.

這是一個棘手的問題，因為文明會隨著時間的推移而改變。

Take weapons, for instance.

以武器為例。

In the Stone Age, having a really sharp stone made all the difference.

在石器時代，有一塊非常鋒利的石頭就能改變一切。

But it's hard to measure advancement based on how many sharp stones a society had because now our weapons are all bombs.

但很難根據一個社會有多少鋒利的石頭來衡量它的進步，因為現在我們的武器都是炸彈。

Kardashev realized he needed to hit on a metric that's a fundamental characteristic of civilizations.

卡爾達舍夫意識到，他需要找到一個衡量標準，這是文明的基本特徵。

He decided that had to be energy.

他認為這就是能量。

He classified civilizations by how much energy they're able to harness and use.

他根據文明能夠利用和使用的能量多少對其進行了分類。

Now, Kardashev only defined type one, two, and three, but others have since expanded on his definition to add types four through seven.

現在，卡爾達舍夫只定義了類型一、二和三，但後來其他人在他的定義基礎上又增加了類型四到七。

Okay, now that you know what the scale represents, let's take you on an epic tour to explore each of these civilizations.

好了，既然你已經知道了刻度代表的意義，那就讓我們帶你踏上一次史詩之旅，探索這些文明中的每一個。

Our first stop, naturally, a type one.

我們的第一站，自然是類型一。

But before we set off for a type one, let's take the pulse on where we are today on our Blue Marble.

不過，在我們出發前，讓我們先來了解一下我們的 "藍寶石 "目前的狀況。

Well, type zero.

好吧，零型。

Yeah, despite all the progress we've made as a species, we're living in a civilization that still hasn't reached the first rung of the ladder.

是啊，儘管我們人類取得了這麼多進步，但我們生活的文明仍未達到階梯的第一級。

Heck, we're still burning dead plants for energy, using just one millionth of the energy that the sun splashes on our planet, and we have zero control over natural disasters.

糟糕的是，我們仍在焚燒枯死的植物來獲取能源，使用的能量僅為太陽潑灑在我們星球上的能量的百萬分之一，而且我們對自然災害的控制能力為零。

If a super volcano erupted tomorrow, we'd all be dead.

如果明天超級火山爆發，我們都會死。

Now, you're probably wondering, are we really a zero?

現在，你可能想知道，我們真的是零嗎？

Has all the progress we've made over the last hundreds of thousands of years meant nothing at all?

難道我們在過去幾十萬年裡取得的所有進步都毫無意義嗎？

Well, things aren't that bad.

事情沒那麼糟

Scientists have crunched the numbers, and what they've found is that we're actually at a 0.72.

科學家們對數字進行了計算，發現我們的實際水平是 0.72。

So close.

好險

We're at a type three quarters.

我們現在是四分之三型。

They estimate that in 100 to 200 years, we'll get to a level one.

他們估計，100 到 200 年後，我們將達到一級水準。

But instead of waiting that long, let's take a trip forward in time and see what that feels like.

不過，與其等那麼久，不如讓我們來一次時間旅行，看看那是什麼感覺。

Type one civilization.

輸入一種文明。

Welcome, you've arrived on a type one Earth.

歡迎你們，你們來到了第一類地球。

You know, if Earth is ever going to reach the technological heights of a type one civilization, well, energy and clean power will be key pieces to making this dream a reality.

要知道，如果地球要達到第一類文明的技術高度，那麼能源和清潔能源將是實現這一夢想的關鍵因素。

Energy is crucial because it underpins technological advancement, economic growth, and environmental sustainability, all the things we need in order for us to become an advanced society.

能源至關重要，因為它是技術進步、經濟增長和環境可持續發展的基礎。

Now, in order to make progress towards these aspirations for the future, we need to focus on finding solutions today, like creating cleaner and more efficient electrical systems.

現在，為了在實現這些對未來的期望方面取得進展，我們需要集中精力在今天找到解決方案，比如創建更清潔、更高效的電力系統。

One of the innovators leading this effort is a publicly listed company called Hillcrest Energy.

上司這一努力的創新者之一是一家名為 Hillcrest Energy 的上市公司。

They're focused on advanced electrical systems that help power up electric vehicles and convert and store renewable energy, both essential pieces to a type one civilization.

他們專注於先進的電氣系統，這些系統有助於為電動汽車提供動力，並轉換和儲存可再生能源，而這兩者都是第一類文明的重要組成部分。

They do this with a power inverter, a device that converts electricity.

他們使用電力逆變器（一種轉換電力的設備）來實現這一功能。

Let me explain.

讓我來解釋一下。

Things like solar panels produce direct current, or DC electricity, and things like buildings, our homes, and power grids, well, they need alternating current, or AC electricity.

太陽能電池板能產生直流電，而建築物、家庭和電網等則需要交流電。

So in order to make the electricity produced from the solar panels usable, we need an inverter to convert that electricity into its usable form.

是以，為了使太陽能電池板產生的電能可用，我們需要一個逆變器來將電能轉換成可用的形式。

That's where Hillcrest comes in.

這就是希爾克雷斯特的優勢所在。

They have this inverter called the Zero Voltage Switching Inverter.

他們有一種名為零電壓開關逆變器的逆變器。

Now, other inverters typically lose a lot of energy when converting power, but the Zero Voltage Switching Inverter is way different.

現在，其他逆變器在轉換電力時通常會損失大量能量，但零電壓開關逆變器卻與眾不同。

It's the most efficient inverter available.

它是目前最高效的逆變器。

It can help your electric car go further on a single charge, or produce and store more energy from renewable resources.

它可以幫助您的電動汽車在一次充電後行駛更遠的距離，或者利用可再生資源生產和儲存更多的能源。

Now, what's even more impressive?

現在，更令人印象深刻的是什麼？

Well, Hillcrest was able to build this tech in just three years, and now they're in talks with suppliers to take it worldwide.

希爾克雷斯特公司僅用三年時間就完成了這項技術的開發，現在他們正在與供應商洽談將其推廣到全球的事宜。

This is great news, because the need for electrical inverters is bigger than ever.

這是一個好消息，因為對電氣逆變器的需求比以往任何時候都大。

After all, earth is racing to decarbonize our current technology, and because of this, the global inverter market is expected to reach $117 billion by 2029, and Hillcrest will likely be one of the companies leading this charge.

畢竟，地球正在爭分奪秒地使我們現有的技術去碳化，正因為如此，全球逆變器市場預計到 2029 年將達到 1170 億美元，而 Hillcrest 將可能成為引領這一潮流的公司之一。

No pun intended.

沒有雙關語的意思。

Leading the charge, get it?

帶頭衝鋒，明白嗎？

Current technology, do you see what I'm doing here?

當前的技術，你明白我在做什麼嗎？

Good thing Hillcrest is leading the charge, because we're gonna need all the power we can get, both for today and for tomorrow.

好在有希爾克雷斯特的上司，因為我們需要所有的電力，無論是今天還是明天。

Speaking of which, what else will a Type I civilization need?

說到這裡，第一類文明還需要什麼呢？

Humanity will also need things like quantum computing and artificial intelligence to produce unprecedented technological advances.

人類還將需要量子計算和人工智能等技術，以取得前所未有的技術進步。

The medical breakthroughs we uncover have us living in a world free of cancer.

我們發現的醫學突破讓我們生活在一個沒有癌症的世界。

You could have bionic limbs, and your overall lifespan is much longer.

你可以擁有仿生四肢，整體壽命也會更長。

Interplanetary travel is also a regular part of life in a Type I.

星際旅行也是第一類星體生活的常規組成部分。

You might want a vacation on the moon or Mars, and those crazy floods, Category 6 hurricanes, and tsunamis of the 21st century, they're a thing of the past.

你可能想去月球或火星度假，而那些瘋狂的洪水、六級颶風和 21 世紀的海嘯，都已成為過去。

With this new supercharged energy, we'll have the power to reduce a Category 6 hurricane to a Category 2, or make it go away completely.

有了這種新的超強能源，我們將有能力把六級颶風降到二級，或者讓它完全消失。

That asteroid that's hurtling toward Earth?

那顆飛向地球的小行星？

Well, no worries.

不用擔心。

You just press a button and nuke it.

你只需按下按鈕，就能把它炸飛。

Congratulations, you're no longer in danger of being wiped out by natural disasters.

恭喜你，你不再有被自然災害毀滅的危險了。

It's safe to say that living in a Type I civilization would be life-changing.

可以說，生活在 I 型文明中將會改變生活。

And that's not all.

這還不是全部。

The way we communicate would be incredibly different.

我們的交流方式將截然不同。

English has now become the unifying means of communication around the world.

英語現已成為全世界統一的交流工具。

The internet has connected everybody on Earth, and we now have a single global currency for international commerce.

互聯網連接了地球上的每一個人，我們現在有了用於國際商務的全球統一貨幣。

And you're part of a more tolerant society, guided by science and reason, more unified as a single planet.

你們是一個更加寬容的社會的一部分，以科學和理性為指導，作為一個單一的星球更加團結。

Life on Earth is great, but the colonies on Mars and the moon have whet your appetite.

地球上的生活固然美好，但火星和月球上的殖民地也吊足了你的胃口。

You're itching to explore the rest of the solar system.

你渴望探索太陽系的其他部分。

Well, what's stopping you?

是什麼阻止了你？

You just need a little more energy.

你只是需要更多的能量。

Type II civilization.

第二類文明。

A Type II civilization is defined as one that's able to harness all the energy from its star.

第二類文明被定義為能夠利用恆星所有能量的文明。

For you, that's the sun.

對你來說，那就是太陽。

How long will it take humanity to reach this point?

人類需要多長時間才能達到這一點？

Well, if you're around long enough to see this happen, it'll be a few thousand years.

好吧，如果你有足夠長的時間看到這一切發生，那將是幾千年後的事了。

You're now harvesting all the possible energy from the sun.

你現在可以從太陽中獲取所有可能的能量。

To do this, you've built a Dyson sphere around the sun, or maybe you've built a Dyson swarm, a megasystem of smaller structures that orbit the sun, gathering its energy.

為此，你建造了一個圍繞太陽的戴森球，或者你建造了一個戴森蜂群，一個由圍繞太陽運行的小型結構組成的巨型系統，收集太陽的能量。

Now, whether it's a sphere or a swarm, this megastructure collecting sunlight and radiating out this energy creates a distinctive signature in space, the signature of a Type II civilization.

現在，無論它是一個球體還是一個蜂群，這個巨型結構收集陽光並向外輻射能量，在太空中形成了一個獨特的標誌，這就是第二類文明的標誌。

Now, this could be detected by other advanced civilizations looking for signs of life.

現在，這可能會被其他尋找生命跡象的先進文明探測到。

Who knows, you might finally get a call from those elusive aliens.

誰知道呢，說不定你最終會接到那些難以捉摸的外星人的電話。

You're now part of a true multi-planetary society.

你們現在是真正的多行星社會的一部分。

Using the enormous amount of energy harvested from the sun, you make other planets and moons in our solar system habitable.

你們利用從太陽獲取的巨大能量，使太陽系中的其他行星和衛星適宜居住。

Over a period of thousands of years, there are now fully functioning Type II colonies on Mars and our moon, also on Venus, Europa, and Titan.

經過數千年的發展，現在火星和我們的月球上，還有金星、木衛二和土衛六上，都有了完全正常運轉的第二類殖民地。

Using advanced genetic engineering, we've modified our bodies to quickly adapt to different conditions on different planets, and to modify extreme conditions on other planets using weather engineering techniques.

利用先進的基因工程技術，我們改造了自己的身體，使之能夠迅速適應不同星球上的不同條件，並利用氣象工程技術改變其他星球上的極端條件。

That poisonous gas on Venus, well, you get rid of it, and you'll mine other planets and asteroids in our solar system for their natural resources.

擺脫金星上的毒氣，就能開採太陽系中其他行星和小行星的自然資源。

I hear Jupiter is a great source of hydrogen.

我聽說木星是氫的重要來源。

Now that you're free from the danger of being wiped out by catastrophic natural disasters on Earth, you're feeling invincible.

現在，你們已經擺脫了被地球上災難性自然災害消滅的危險，感覺自己所向披靡。

Is there anything to worry about?

有什麼需要擔心的嗎？

Unfortunately, yes.

很遺憾，是的。

You can still be wiped out by a cosmic-scale disaster.

你仍然有可能被宇宙級的災難毀滅。

For instance, a supernova explosion.

例如，超新星爆炸。

It's the last stage of a dying star.

這是一顆垂死恆星的最後階段。

If a supernova's blast wave strikes a dense cloud of gas around it, enormous amounts of X-rays could be produced, and these could damage the atmospheres of planets up to 160 light-years away.

如果超新星的爆炸波撞擊到它周圍濃密的氣體雲，就會產生大量的 X 射線，這些射線可能會對 160 光年外的行星大氣層造成破壞。

An event like this could wipe out colonies on Earth and nearby planets.

這樣的事件可能會毀滅地球和附近行星上的殖民地。

But come on, after so much progress, humanity isn't gonna let some pesky space bombs wipe us out.

但是得了，人類在取得了這麼大的進步之後，是不會讓一些討厭的太空炸彈把我們毀滅的。

To make sure that life sticks around, we're gonna have to level up and inhabit more than one star system.

為了確保生命得以延續，我們必須提升等級，居住在不止一個恆星系統中。

So now you've got a new quest.

現在你有了新任務。

You need to harness more energy, enough to avert disasters on a cosmic scale.

你們需要利用更多的能量，足以避免宇宙級的災難。

It's time to become a Type III civilization.

是時候成為第三類文明瞭。

If you can level up to a III, you'll ensure that human beings become immortal.

如果你能升到 III 級，就能確保人類長生不老。

But you've run up against a problem.

但你遇到了一個問題。

Stars in our galaxy are as far as 100,000 light-years away, and you can't travel faster than the speed of light.

銀河系中的恆星遠在 10 萬光年之外，而你的旅行速度不可能超過光速。

Type III civilization.

第三類文明。

Okay, it's another 100,000 to one million years later.

好吧，又過了十萬到一百萬年。

Welcome to humanity as a Type III civilization.

歡迎人類成為第三類文明。

You're now harnessing the energy of all the stars in our galaxy.

你現在正在利用銀河系中所有恆星的能量。

But wait a minute, how did you get to stars so far away?

但是等一下，你是怎麼到達這麼遠的星星上的呢？

And how did you choose which stars to go to?

您是如何選擇去哪些明星那裡的？

Well, first, humanity figured out how to achieve velocities close to light speed.

首先，人類發現瞭如何達到接近光速的速度。

Sci-fi tech like ramjet fusion and photonic engines are all in your toolbox.

衝壓噴射聚變和光子引擎等科幻技術都在你的工具箱中。

Next, you manufactured trillions of von Neumann probes.

接下來，你製造了數萬億個馮-諾伊曼探測器。

These are robots that can land on distant star systems, duplicate themselves, and repeat the process.

這些機器人可以降落在遙遠的恆星系統上，複製自己，並重復這一過程。

Like ripples spreading out from the center of the pond, they expand out in our galaxy, landing on and analyzing all the stars.

它們就像從池塘中心擴散開來的漣漪，在銀河系中擴展開來，落在所有恆星上並對它們進行分析。

They'll figure out which ones are ripe for harvesting energy.

他們會找出哪些是成熟的能源採集點。

Now, once the viable stars are identified, you send out a seamless Dyson swarm to surround them.

現在，一旦確定了可行的恆星，你就會派出一個無縫的戴森蜂群將它們包圍起來。

Humanity is now the master of the Milky Way galaxy.

人類現在是銀河系的主宰。

You'll live on any number of countless planets engineered to your liking.

你將生活在無數個按照你的喜好設計的星球上。

You'll command the energy of billions of stars to do your bidding.

你將指揮數十億顆恆星的能量為你服務。

Also, between the transition from Type II to Type III, your body will have evolved even further.

此外，在從 II 型向 III 型過渡的過程中，您的身體將進一步進化。

You'll be a cyberborg, a super intelligent being with the capabilities of AI fused with your biology.

你將成為一個電子生物，一個擁有人工智能能力的超級智能生物。

Genetic engineering techniques will replace clunky implants and lab-grown organs.

基因工程技術將取代笨重的植入物和實驗室培育的器官。

You'll be able to regenerate worn-out limbs and other body parts.

您將能夠再生磨損的肢體和其他身體部位。

And as your bones wear out, your genome will be programmed to repair the skeletal wear and tear.

當你的骨骼磨損時，你的基因組就會修復骨骼的磨損。

You're not a vampire, but you'll effectively live forever.

你不是吸血鬼，但你可以長生不老。

With life thriving in multiple far-flung galaxies, neither cosmic nor natural disasters can wipe out human civilization.

隨著生命在多個遙遠的星系中繁衍生息，無論是宇宙災難還是自然災害都無法毀滅人類文明。

You can avoid being hit by a supernova explosion by altering its path.

你可以通過改變超新星爆炸的路徑來避免被其擊中。

Even if our solar system gets hit by one of these, human life will continue in other planetary systems in the galaxy.

即使我們的太陽系被其中之一擊中，銀河系中其他行星系的人類生活也將繼續。

Congratulations, you're now part of an immortal civilization.

恭喜你，你現在是不朽文明的一部分了。

But the Milky Way isn't enough for you.

但銀河對你來說還不夠。

You're ready to explore the other galaxies in our universe.

你已經準備好探索我們宇宙中的其他星系了。

Type IV civilization.

第四類文明。

Welcome to a Type IV civilization.

歡迎來到第四類文明。

As part of a Type IV, you're able to harness the power and resources of all the galaxies in our universe.

作為第四類星系的一員，你可以利用宇宙中所有星系的力量和資源。

Now, we should also mention that going past the initial three types of civilizations is beyond the Kardashev scale that was developed.

現在，我們還應該提到，超越最初的三種文明類型已經超出了所制定的卡爾達舍夫量表的範圍。

And a lot of the theories about these extra civilizations lean more towards science fiction than actual backed-up research.

很多關於這些外星文明的理論更偏向於科幻小說，而不是有實際支持的研究。

Nonetheless, there's still a lot of fun to speculate about.

儘管如此，還是有很多有趣的猜測。

So let's get into these advanced and at times ridiculous civilizations.

那麼，讓我們來了解一下這些先進的、有時甚至是荒謬的文明吧。

The technological capabilities of human beings at this stage are so advanced that it can be hard to even wrap your brain around them.

現階段人類的技術能力是如此先進，甚至讓人難以理解。

In a Type IV civilization, humanity has mapped out the entire universe, including all the galaxies and clusters inside it.

在第四類文明中，人類已經繪製了整個宇宙的地圖，包括其中的所有星系和星系團。

You now have a deep understanding of every planet, galaxy, and star in the universe, the ones that are worth exploring and the others that are just massive rocks floating about.

現在，你對宇宙中的每一顆行星、星系和恆星都有了深入的瞭解，其中有值得探索的，也有隻是漂浮在空中的巨大岩石。

And with this level of knowledge, you'll come across other civilizations.

有了這樣的知識水準，你就會接觸到其他文明。