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A Trillion Unruly Gods

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Imagine that we live in a setting where there are a trillion humans (see linked question). A bit crowded, I know. Further imagine that at least the entire energy output of the Sun was available to this trillion humans to play with. Perhaps evenly distributed, perhaps with some variation. If evenly distributed, each individual would get at least 10 times current humanity's total power output.

Would it be possible to police such a society? In our world, if someone goes postal or runs amok (that is, goes on a homicidal spree), there's only so much damage they can cause. With Terawatts of power at your fingertips, that would not necessarily be true any longer.

So, can a thousand billion such superempowered beings live in close proximity, or do I have to disperse them like an overheated gas across the galaxy?

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