1maGoh
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I think if we throw everything into space travel we won't really have weapons that outclass another civilization's to the extent that warring with them won't work is out too. I guess we could just leave, but that would motivate them to follow.The safest thing for us to do is be the first. There's a chance that we've never found alien life because we are among the most advanced species in the Milky Way. When you put it that way, instead of arms races amongst ourselves, we should think of us as being in an arms race with the other planets in our galaxy to develop technology to the point of being able to travel between star systems.
That way you are the top dog, and you are the ones initiating contact with alien life, which means that you are safe. If you find alien life that is hostile, you have better technology. If you find alien life that is friendly, you can begin trade and see even greater technological improvements.
Thus you have ensured the survival of the human race.
Or we can leave it into the hands of other species and hope that the friendly ones arrive before the hostile ones do. Assuming that they ever do before the Sun kills us all anyway, which will happen much sooner than people think (well before the 5 billion years that our Sun has left before it dies).
Humanity is likely doomed.
There must be a balance between peaceful exploration and planet-scale extermination (preferably while saving their previous resources).