Why We Will Start, Even If It's Risky: Six Incentives for the Practical Development of Interuniversal Transitions

The article "Why We Will Start, Even If It's Risky: Six Incentives for Developing IDM" analyzes the reasons why Earth's forces may begin practical development of Infinite-Dimensional Multiverse Model (IDM) technologies despite enormous risks: reverse infiltration, vacuum decay, economic collapse, and informational infection. The author shows that decisions at the highest level are made not based on century-long perspectives but on short political cycles, competition, and asymmetry of risks. If the incentive is strong enough, the race is inevitable. Six incentives are examined: the exploration of the Solar System (instant communication with Mars, Jupiter's moons, and Saturn's moons); energy independence (extracting energy from the vacuum); military superiority (weapons based on controlling constants); resource scarcity (materials from other universes); climate crisis (survival technologies); and hidden threat (asteroid, vacuum instability, hostile activity). Each incentive alone is sufficient to start the race. The most likely incentives are identified as military superiority (the fastest), energy independence (the most public), and climate crisis (the most humane). The main conclusion: humanity always takes risks when power, resources, or survival are at stake. We cannot stop the race, but we can prepare protocols, agreements, and safety systems. The author emphasizes that the Project's task is not to ban technological development but to make it safe.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-06-28
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20980385
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Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
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Why We Will Start, Even If It's Risky: Six Incentives for the Practical Development of Interuniversal Transitions

Alexander Yourievitch Kotelnikov
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
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Why We Will Start, Even If It's Risky: Six Incentives for the Practical Development of Interuniversal Transitions

Alexander Yourievitch Kotelnikov
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Abstract

The article "Why We Will Start, Even If It's Risky: Six Incentives for Developing IDM" analyzes the reasons why Earth's forces may begin practical development of Infinite-Dimensional Multiverse Model (IDM) technologies despite enormous risks: reverse infiltration, vacuum decay, economic collapse, and informational infection. The author shows that decisions at the highest level are made not based on century-long perspectives but on short political cycles, competition, and asymmetry of risks. If the incentive is strong enough, the race is inevitable. Six incentives are examined: the exploration of the Solar System (instant communication with Mars, Jupiter's moons, and Saturn's moons); energy independence (extracting energy from the vacuum); military superiority (weapons based on controlling constants); resource scarcity (materials from other universes); climate crisis (survival technologies); and hidden threat (asteroid, vacuum instability, hostile activity). Each incentive alone is sufficient to start the race. The most likely incentives are identified as military superiority (the fastest), energy independence (the most public), and climate crisis (the most humane). The main conclusion: humanity always takes risks when power, resources, or survival are at stake. We cannot stop the race, but we can prepare protocols, agreements, and safety systems. The author emphasizes that the Project's task is not to ban technological development but to make it safe.

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