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Astrocivilization is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of civilization in the universe. This multidisciplinary field encompasses the search for civilized societies in our Solar System and civilized societies outside our Solar System, the search for evidence of the origins and early evolution of civilization on Earth, and studies of the potential for civilization to adapt to challenges on Earth and in space.
Astrocivilization is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of civilization in the universe. This multidisciplinary field encompasses the search for civilized societies in our Solar System and civilized societies outside our Solar System, the search for evidence of the origins and early evolution of civilization on Earth, and studies of the potential for civilization to adapt to challenges on Earth and in space.
Elon Musk's obsession with Mars could actually make humans an astrocivilization
All human space endeavours, both past and future, are a form of astrocivilization
All human space endeavours, both past and future, are a form of astrocivilization
by somefuturist August 17, 2022
Get the astrocivilization mug.Attovation (noun) refers to technological innovations and scientific breakthroughs that operate at or leverage the attoscale (10^-18) domain, particularly involving attosecond timescales or attometer spatial scales in their core functioning or application.
Attovation can also refer to a revolutionary class of ultrafast, atomic-scale innovations that operate at attosecond precision, unlocking breakthroughs in quantum computing, AI, energy, nanotechnology, and ultrafast communication.
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Verb: attovate (to create or develop attoscale innovations)
Adjective: attovative (relating to or characterized by attovation)
Attovation can also refer to a revolutionary class of ultrafast, atomic-scale innovations that operate at attosecond precision, unlocking breakthroughs in quantum computing, AI, energy, nanotechnology, and ultrafast communication.
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Verb: attovate (to create or develop attoscale innovations)
Adjective: attovative (relating to or characterized by attovation)
1 .Tech startups focusing on attovation are attracting major investments in AI and quantum engineering.
2. The lab's latest attovation in electron manipulation could revolutionize quantum computing.
3. Their research funding is focused exclusively on attovations in energy transfer systems.
2. The lab's latest attovation in electron manipulation could revolutionize quantum computing.
3. Their research funding is focused exclusively on attovations in energy transfer systems.
by somefuturist February 8, 2025
Get the attovation mug.Innovation or progress achieved at a deep, foundational level — whether in ideas, technology, culture, or systems — that quietly shapes the future in ways most people don’t notice until the impact is enormous. Attovation happens beneath the surface, in the infrastructure, the methodology, or the thinking that eventually becomes inevitable.
Blending the SI prefix “atto-” (extremely small, 10⁻¹⁸) with “innovation.” The term describes innovation or progress that occurs at a foundational or ultra-deep level — whether in technology, ideas, culture, or systems — that quietly shapes the future in ways most people only notice later.
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Verb: attovate (to innovate at fundamental scales)
Adjective: attovative (characterized by fundamental-scale innovation)
Noun: attovator (one who practices attovation)
Blending the SI prefix “atto-” (extremely small, 10⁻¹⁸) with “innovation.” The term describes innovation or progress that occurs at a foundational or ultra-deep level — whether in technology, ideas, culture, or systems — that quietly shapes the future in ways most people only notice later.
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Verb: attovate (to innovate at fundamental scales)
Adjective: attovative (characterized by fundamental-scale innovation)
Noun: attovator (one who practices attovation)
1. The company didn’t release a flashy product this year, but their research team’s attovation in supply chain optimization will pay off for decades.
2. The lab’s attovation in developing ultra-precise measurement tools will define the next generation of biotech.
3. Their attovative approach to problem-solving changed the entire industry from the ground up.
4. Gene editing with CRISPR is pure attovation: precision at the base-pair level versus crude genetic modification.
2. The lab’s attovation in developing ultra-precise measurement tools will define the next generation of biotech.
3. Their attovative approach to problem-solving changed the entire industry from the ground up.
4. Gene editing with CRISPR is pure attovation: precision at the base-pair level versus crude genetic modification.
by somefuturist February 2, 2026
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