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"The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model" is a science fiction short story by Charlie Jane Anders. It was first published in the online magazine Tor.com August 11, 2010.

Synopsis
An alien agency uses the creation of civilizations and the Fermi Paradox as a means of accumulating and collecting valuable resources. Two aliens, Jon and Toku, are on their way to a planet called Earth that presumably met its demise. However, after waking from stasis, they find that this is not the case.

Reception
Locus Online ' s Lois Tilton reviewed the short story as "an entertaining story, a neat and original take on a classic SFnal trope."

Tangent Online ' s Duane Donald reviewed it as "a very interesting tale of very long-lived extraterrestrials" but noted it "was over sooner than I would have liked."