For those that wonder: this is (one) of the plots of the "Three body problem" trilogy. It's a really great book, I really recommend it !
Just to give some background, I watched that movie not realizing what it was based off of, just knowing it was a chinese sci-fi. And I remember being amazed at how big the ideas were and thinking China must have a culture of exceptional sci-fi writers. Afterwards I did some research and realized who it was.
Cixin Liu is the author and he's so good at big ideas. I can't recommend his stuff enough.
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One of the things it did really well was the idea that it takes everyone pulling in the same direction to be effective.
I realize there exist people who like sci-fi and think The Three Body Problem is good, but... I can’t understand what they see in it. The last 50 pages or so was at least an ok short story...
The last 50 pages of the third volume were not worth the paper.
Will check out the wandering earth. Thanks.