François Joinneau

Hello, World!

Have you heard the news?

NASA finally discovered a new civilization in Alpha Centauri!

The problem is:

This civilization seems less evolved than our own, stuck somewhere between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and we can’t communicate with them (at least not yet).

• They may know things we don’t know, or things we forgot.
• They may have genes we don’t have.
• They may have plants we don’t have.
• They may have cures we don’t have.
• They may have animals we don’t have.

But:

• They also may give us diseases we can’t cure.
• We may give them diseases they can’t cure.
• They may not be ready to contact an exogenous civilization, and neither do we.

What do we do from here?

• Should we help them avoid the nightmares we went through during the 5 last centuries (wars and so on)?
• Should we share with them our scientific knowledge and our understanding of the Universe?

OR:

• Should we let them evolve on their own:
  • Expecting they become wiser than us?
  • Expecting they don’t try to destroy us?

(Update: we did not find this lower-level civilization yet. It is a test.
But, any higher level civilization who found us will have nearly the same questions.)

François Joinneau is the founder of Seaquatoria and the originator of the Atlantic Union concept, which was the subject of the U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon of June 21, 2026.