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# How Can Humanity Become a Kardashev Type 1 Civilization?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pbs-space-time/episode/how-can-humanity-become-a-kardashev-type-1-civilization-bh8hhz/
- Published: 2024-12-02T20:45:53.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T13:47:14.000Z
- Description: Will we ever become a Kardeshev Type-1 civilization and how can we get there?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS Space Time, Season 10, Episode 25, #ZZZ_Episode_54059be7-b555-4bb0-b95f-9b195d1d7164, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_ae70f836-13b6-4c9d-b61f-99f7b8bc29eb, #v1.16

Imagine a world where humanity masters every planetary resource available to it—our first step on the famous Kardeshev scale of technological advancement. How distant is that step? Will we even become a true Type-1 civilization, and how can we get there?