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Arrival/First Contact Aircraft shielding. Impressing upon humanity the futility of resistance. Selecting Diplomats Alien diplomatic moneyball. They Know Us Flawless colloquial earth languages. Cultural context. How to manipulate apes. Benevolent alien dictatorship. Curbing Scientific Inquiry Approaching utopia removing incentives for innovation. Alien limits on research. “The stars were not meant for man.” The Great Filter Maybe these aliens in the show are the great filter. Filling in some slots of the Drake Equation. Maybe we’re just terrible for the universe and they know it. :/ Butt Numbers Directed evolution at a scale of tens to thousands of years. Alien Appearance This part is too spoilery for this page Remember Us Not too much to ask, really. We could have had a worse run. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke: iTunesAmazon Support the show!