{"id":231105,"date":"2026-02-11T09:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/the-computer-that-consumes-stars"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:10:30","slug":"the-computer-that-consumes-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/the-computer-that-consumes-stars","title":{"rendered":"The Computer That Consumes Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XjI9sACEyYs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And a black hole would be a type of computer if we could use it.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>What is the ultimate limit of a civilization? It isn\u2019t conquering a galaxy. It is processing power.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cMatrioshka Brain\u201d is a megastructure so massive it encases an entire star. It is a Dyson Sphere upgraded to God-Mode. Instead of just harvesting energy, it uses the star to fuel a computer powerful enough to simulate trillions of universes.<\/p>\n<p>If a civilization builds one of these, they don\u2019t need to explore space. They can upload their minds to a digital heaven and live forever. This might be the terrifying reason why the universe is so silent.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/the-computer-that-consumes-stars\">Continue reading \u201cThe Computer That Consumes Stars\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And a black hole would be a type of computer if we could use it. What is the ultimate limit of a civilization? It isn\u2019t conquering a galaxy. It is processing power. A \u201cMatrioshka Brain\u201d is a megastructure so massive it encases an entire star. It is a Dyson Sphere upgraded to God-Mode. Instead of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,33,12,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-cosmology","category-existential-risks","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}