Why haven’t we contacted aliens yet? I present, the Fermi Paradox

Recommended readings (references used here): The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and Death’s End by Cixin Liu The Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate All Tomorrows by Nemo Ramjet (C.M. Koseman) See How They Run by u/nowandneveragain 😼 An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings by Thomas Malthus