I don't know about the last bit, if they're truly a civilization advanced enough to reach the stars and so on, I wonder what that implies for their social structures. I'd be inclined to believe that they'd need to have learned some pretty hard lessons about cooperation and morality. The more I see the more I'm convinced that only a post "awakening" society would be capable of advancing that far instead of stagnating and degrading.
Then again, they might just be so different from us that these comparisons don't even remotely hit close.
Either way, if they are morally and philosophically advanced, I don't think they'd glean entertainment out of watching humanity suffer. Maybe encouragement when watching us overcome, but sadism doesn't really fit well in my eyes.
I don't know about the last bit, if they're truly a civilization advanced enough to reach the stars and so on, I wonder what that implies for their social structures. I'd be inclined to believe that they'd need to have learned some pretty hard lessons about cooperation and morality. The more I see the more I'm convinced that only a post "awakening" society would be capable of advancing that far instead of stagnating and degrading.
Then again, they might just be so different from us that these comparisons don't even remotely hit close.
Either way, if they are morally and philosophically advanced, I don't think they'd glean entertainment out of watching humanity suffer. Maybe encouragement when watching us overcome, but sadism doesn't really fit well in my eyes.