"The Rise of Non-Biological Communication: Earth's Future in 2120"
Originally Published 2 years ago — by ScienceAlert
The rate of data exchange between living organisms on Earth is estimated to be about 10^24 bits per second, while the rate of digital data exchange by humans is about 10^15 bits per second. However, the exponential growth of our digital data could soon surpass the biosphere's data exchange rate. If this trend is typical for advanced civilizations, the dominant form of communication on other planets may be technological rather than biological. This could have significant consequences for non-human life and our search for alien civilizations.