So how much civilization is necessary for something to be considered civilization?
The process of things taking off. See:
Civilisation (or civilization) is a sometimes controversial term which has been used in several related ways. Primarily, the term has been used to refer to human cultures which are complex in terms of technology, science, and division of labour. Such civilisations are generally urbanized.
It should not need to happen more than once - and there are no signs that it has done so.
Civilisation (or civilization) is a sometimes controversial term which has been used in several related ways. Primarily, the term has been used to refer to human cultures which are complex in terms of technology, science, and division of labour. Such civilisations are generally urbanized.
It should not need to happen more than once - and there are no signs that it has done so.
This isn't a really helpful definition for our purposes. How complex does technology and division of labor need to be? There's division of labor in hunter-gatherer groups for exa...
http://hplusmagazine.com/2011/04/20/mitigating-the-risks-of-artificial-superintelligence/