Note the first:  Dath ilani do sometimes go insane.  They have subjected their brains to sharp recent selection pressures.  On the scale of all Civilization, it happens with great statistical regularity every day that many dath ilani hear voices inside their heads.  Nor is it unusual for that voice to claim to be speaking on behalf of aliens or neighboring quantum branches of humanity.  By assumption, you know this.

Note the second:  By assumption, you know nothing about any worlds from outside Civilization.  You are living in a reality that has seemed extremely regular up until this point.  So you could justifiably reason out an extreme prior confidence that - even if aliens or parallel timelines could impinge on your planet - they would be extremely unlikely to first-contact your world as a voice inside some random woman's head.

But also note:  If you approach this question by imagining the dath ilani acting like Earthlings and Earth governments would, when Earth people become confident that they know better than their lessers, you will not see through to the central structure.  If you imagine the use of force, or lies to avoid force, you will be imagining events that Civilization always spends at least five minutes thinking about how to avoid.

You might do better, in the end, by asking yourself what is truly wise and truly kind, not "What would be the dath ilani thing to do?"  Dath ilan itself is asking the former question, not the latter one.

The structure at the center of coordination is locally incentivizing actions that move multi-agent strategies closer to the Pareto frontier of outcomes that cannot be improved for all agents simultaneously.  In more advanced civilizations, the citizens may know more, but they do not thereby want what the larger civilization wants them to want.  The art of civilization, then, consists of shaping incentives.

Note the first:  Dath ilani do sometimes go insane.  They have subjected their brains to sharp recent selection pressures.  On the scale of all Civilization, it happens with great statistical regularity every day that many dath ilani hear voices inside their heads.  Nor is it unusual for that voice to claim to be speaking on behalf of aliens or neighboring quantum branches of humanity.  By assumption, you know this.

Note the second:  By assumption, you know nothing about any worlds from outside Civilization.  You are living in a reality that has seemed extremely regular up until this point.  So you could justifiably reason out an extreme prior confidence that - even if aliens or parallel timelines could impinge on your planet - they would be extremely unlikely to first-contact your world as a voice inside some random woman's head.

But also note:  If you approach this question by imagining the dath ilani acting like Earthlings and Earth governments would, when Earth people become confident that they know better than their lessers, you will not see through to the central structure.  If you imagine the use of force, or lies to avoid force, you will be imagining events that Civilization always spends at least five minutes thinking about how to avoid.

You might do better, in the end, by asking yourself what is truly wise, not "What would dath ilan do?"  Dath ilan itself is asking the former question, not the latter one.

The structure at the center of coordination is locally incentivizing actions that move multi-agent strategies closer to the Pareto frontier of outcomes that cannot be improved for all agents simultaneously.  In more advanced civilizations, the citizens may know more, but they do not thereby want what the larger civilization wants them to want.  The art of civilization, then, consists of shaping incentives.

Note the first:  Dath ilani do sometimes go insane.  They have subjected their brains to sharp recent selection pressures.  On the scale of all Civilization, it happens with great statistical regularity every day that many dath ilani hear voices inside their heads.  Nor is it unusual for that voice to claim to be speaking on behalf of aliens or neighboring quantum branches of humanity.  By assumption, you know this.

Note the second:  By assumption, you know nothing about any worlds from outside Civilization.  You are living in a reality that has seemed extremely regular up until this point.  So you could justifiably reason out an extreme prior confidence that - even if aliens or parallel timelines could impinge on your planet - they would be extremely unlikely to first-contact your world as a voice inside some random woman's head.

But also note:  If you approach this question by imagining the dath ilani acting like Earthlings and Earth governments would, when Earth people become confident that they know better than their lessers, you will not see through to the central structure.  If you imagine the use of force, or lies to avoid force, you will be imagining events that Civilization always spends at least five minutes thinking about how to avoid.

You might do better, in the end, by asking yourself what is the right course, not "What would dath ilan do?"  Dath ilan itself is asking the former question, not the latter one.

The structure at the center of coordination is locally incentivizing actions that move multi-agent strategies closer to the Pareto frontier of outcomes that cannot be improved for all agents simultaneously.  In more advanced civilizations, the citizens may know more, but they do not thereby want what the larger civilization wants them to want.  The art of civilization, then, consists of shaping incentives.

Note the first:  Dath ilani do sometimes go insane.  They have subjected their brains to sharp recent selection pressures.  On the scale of all Civilization, it happens with great statistical regularity every day that many dath ilani hear voices inside their heads.  Nor is it unusual for that voice to claim to be speaking on behalf of aliens or neighboring quantum branches of humanity.  By assumption, you know this.

Note the second:  By assumption, you know nothing about any worlds from outside Civilization.  You are living in a reality that has seemed extremely regular up until this point.  So you could justifiably reason out an extreme prior confidence that - even if aliens or parallel timelines could impinge on your planet - they would be extremely unlikely to first-contact your world as a voice inside some random person's head.

But also note:  If you approach this question by imagining the dath ilani acting like Earthlings and Earth governments would, when Earth people become confident that they know better than their lessers, you will not see through to the central structure.  If you imagine the use of force, or lies to avoid force, you will be imagining events that Civilization always spends at least five minutes thinking about how to avoid.

You might do better, in the end, by asking yourself what is the right course, not "What would dath ilan do?"  Dath ilan itself is asking the former question, not the latter one.

The structure at the center of coordination is locally incentivizing actions that move multi-agent strategies closer to the Pareto frontier of outcomes that cannot be improved for all agents simultaneously.  In more advanced civilizations, the citizens may know more, but they do not thereby want what the larger civilization wants them to want.  The art of civilization, then, consists of shaping incentives.

Note the first:  Dath ilani do sometimes go insane.  They have subjected their brains to sharp recent selection pressures.  On the scale of all Civilization, it happens with great statistical regularity every day that many dath ilani hear voices inside their heads.  Nor is it unusual for that voice to claim to be speaking on behalf of aliens or neighboring quantum branches of humanity.  By assumption, you know this.

Note the second:  By assumption, you know nothing about any worlds from outside Civilization.  You are living in a reality that has seemed extremely regular up until this point.  So you could justifiably reason out an extreme prior confidence that - even if aliens or parallel timelines could impinge on your planet - they would be extremely unlikely to first-contact your world as a voice inside some random person's head.

But also note:  If you approach this question by imagining the dath ilani acting like Earthlings and Earth governments would, when Earth people become confident that they know better than their lessers, you will not see through to the central structure.  If you imagine the use of force, or lies to avoid force, you will be imagining events that Civilization always spends at least five minutes thinking about how to avoid.

You might predict better, in the end, by asking yourself what is the right course, not "What would dath ilan do?"  Dath ilan itself is asking the former question, not the latter one.

The structure at the center of coordination is locally incentivizing actions that move multi-agent strategies closer to the Pareto frontier of outcomes that cannot be improved for all agents simultaneously.  In more advanced civilizations, the citizens may know more, but they do not thereby want what the larger civilization wants them to want.  The art of civilization, then, consists of shaping incentives.