I wonder if there could be an overarching geopolitical theory that deeply integrates this type of hypothesis.<p>Put those tribal genetic struggles in the context of anticipated hyperspeed superintelligent general artificial intelligence (and eventually artificial life).
hence the need for external enemies; even if one didn't exist, they must be invented, or have their threat inflated. Our collective failure to evolve beyond this impulse is probably the best theory to explain Fermi's Paradox