Humans have a history of conquest because we fight for the same exact resources. But even in human history, the first explorers were traders. They weren't going out there necessarily to conquer land. Eventually they did because of the finite resource dilemma. When you're stuck on earth, but the moment you e technology to get off of earth, finite resources go away. It's ideas and trade that people want. The wealthiest places in the world now are the ones that have the best ideas. Silken valley was on top for a while as a wealth creation engine because it had the best idea. The new oil is ideas. All digitl all the new fortunes are being created in idea space.