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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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SFIA Monthly Livestream 28 - February 28, 2021

February 28, 2021 22:59 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MB

Our monthly livestream Q&A session for February 2021 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media: Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Colonizing Giant Stars (Narration Only)

February 25, 2021 13:50 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MB

Giant Stars are often considered too hot and short lived to colonize, but it may be that they shall be the most powerful and pivotal systems in a future galaxy. Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/KZXjFdrct-w Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.redd...

Colonizing Giant Stars

February 25, 2021 13:50 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MB

Giant Stars are often considered too hot and short lived to colonize, but it may be that they shall be the most powerful and pivotal systems in a future galaxy. Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/KZXjFdrct-w Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.redd...

Orbital Bombardment

February 18, 2021 13:51 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MB

They say you should always attack from the high ground, and there's no higher ground than from orbit. Today we'll examine orbital strikes, asteroid bombardment, kinetic weapons, dropships, and how to defend from them. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/LolF5iI3xEs Go to https://buyraycon.com/isaacarthur for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook Group: https...

Orbital Bombardment (Narration Only)

February 18, 2021 13:51 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MB

They say you should always attack from the high ground, and there's no higher ground than from orbit. Today we'll examine orbital strikes, asteroid bombardment, kinetic weapons, dropships, and how to defend from them. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/LolF5iI3xEs Go to https://buyraycon.com/isaacarthur for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook Group: https...

Multi-Species Civilizations & Co-Alien Habitats

February 14, 2021 16:54 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB

Science Fiction often shows us aliens and human living among one another in space, but how realistic are such portrayals and what sort of accommodation would extraterrestrials need for their environments? We will also ask if humans and aliens could live together, possibly even marry and have hybrid offspring. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/V5mpjJiZvuQ The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur022...

Multi-Species Civilizations & Co-Alien Habitats (Narration Only)

February 14, 2021 16:54 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB

Science Fiction often shows us aliens and human living among one another in space, but how realistic are such portrayals and what sort of accommodation would extraterrestrials need for their environments? We will also ask if humans and aliens could live together, possibly even marry and have hybrid offspring. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/V5mpjJiZvuQ The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur022...

Dark Matter Technologies

February 11, 2021 13:36 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MB

Dark Matter is both the most abundant and most mysterious substance in the Universe, what properties does it have and what technologies might we create to use it in the future? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/GHXG3xrIDLY Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Facebook Group: h...

Dark Matter Technologies (Narration Only)

February 11, 2021 13:36 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MB

Dark Matter is both the most abundant and most mysterious substance in the Universe, what properties does it have and what technologies might we create to use it in the future? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/GHXG3xrIDLY Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Facebook Group: h...

Zero-Gravity Civilizations (Narration Only)

February 04, 2021 13:48 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

Colonizing space and settling the minor planets and asteroids may mean adjusting to much lower levels of gravity, or micro-gravity, what sort of biological and cultural adaptations might that require of humanity? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/BcJSz_q2bIk Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www...

Zero-Gravity Civilizations

February 04, 2021 13:48 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

Colonizing space and settling the minor planets and asteroids may mean adjusting to much lower levels of gravity, or micro-gravity, what sort of biological and cultural adaptations might that require of humanity? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/BcJSz_q2bIk Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www...

SFIA Monthly Livestream 27 - January 31 2021

January 31, 2021 23:15 - 1 hour - 59 MB

Our monthly livestream Q&A session for January 2021 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media: Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Colonizing Red Dwarfs (Narration Only)

January 28, 2021 13:48 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB

For every yellow star like our own there are ten times as many smaller stars. Red Dwarfs are the most common type of star, outnumbering all the others combined, and as we head out into interstellar space to colonize the galaxy, the exoplanets around these red alien suns may be the most common home for settlers. Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/Vr5Fap_RTu0 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.n...

Colonizing Red Dwarfs

January 28, 2021 13:48 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB

For every yellow star like our own there are ten times as many smaller stars. Red Dwarfs are the most common type of star, outnumbering all the others combined, and as we head out into interstellar space to colonize the galaxy, the exoplanets around these red alien suns may be the most common home for settlers. Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/Vr5Fap_RTu0 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.n...

Oceanic Aliens (Narration Only)

January 21, 2021 13:44 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MB

Water is one of the most common substances in the Universe, and Earth has far more seas than land and life arose in the ocean first. Planets covered entirely in water may be common and abundant with life, including intelligence extraterrestrial life. Go to https://buyraycon.com/isaacarthur for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/nvYCUSvW7LA Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/...

Oceanic Aliens

January 21, 2021 13:44 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB

Water is one of the most common substances in the Universe, and Earth has far more seas than land and life arose in the ocean first. Planets covered entirely in water may be common and abundant with life, including intelligence extraterrestrial life. Go to https://buyraycon.com/isaacarthur for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/nvYCUSvW7LA Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/...

Machine Overlords & Post-Discontent Societies (Narration Only)

January 17, 2021 17:09 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB

Machines may help bring about a Post-Scarcity Utopia, assuming they don't take over instead, and we dream of a future that is a Post-Scarcity Utopia, but its dark reflection is the Post-Discontent society, one where through deception or brainwashing people do not even known how they are being deprived or oppressed. The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur01211 Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/g80...

Machine Overlords & Post-Discontent Societies

January 17, 2021 17:08 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB

Machines may help bring about a Post-Scarcity Utopia, assuming they don't take over instead, and we dream of a future that is a Post-Scarcity Utopia, but its dark reflection is the Post-Discontent society, one where through deception or brainwashing people do not even known how they are being deprived or oppressed. The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur01211 Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/g80...

Cryonics: Frozen Civilizations (Narration Only)

January 14, 2021 13:47 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MB

Cryonic freezing offers a pathway to reap future medical technologies today by preserving someone for future restoration, but what would the impact of this technology be on civilization? Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video version: https://youtu.be/V_u9Za00uBY Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Faceboo...

Cryonics: Frozen Civilizations

January 14, 2021 13:47 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MB

Cryonic freezing offers a pathway to reap future medical technologies today by preserving someone for future restoration, but what would the impact of this technology be on civilization? Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video version: https://youtu.be/V_u9Za00uBY Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Faceboo...

Civilizations At The Beginning Of Time (Narration Only)

January 07, 2021 13:47 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

Our Universe is billions of years older than our planet, and we often contemplate alien civilizations that might have arisen early than us in our galaxy, but just how early could life have arisen? Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/OytOJdGsrA0 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Isa...

Civilizations At The Beginning Of Time

January 07, 2021 13:47 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

Our Universe is billions of years older than our planet, and we often contemplate alien civilizations that might have arisen early than us in our galaxy, but just how early could life have arisen? Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/OytOJdGsrA0 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Isa...

Becoming an Interstellar Species (Narration Only)

December 31, 2020 13:48 - 29 minutes - 27 MB

As we move into space we prepare not just to settle the Moon and Mars, but stretch our reach out to other stars and settle the galaxy, becoming an interstellar species. The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur12201 See the SFIA Episode Listing: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E7UTCFWSRk1vuyjmYhSvtmvINVSU9tWy5LabQeHW9t8/edit?usp=sharing Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Pa...

Becoming an Interstellar Species

December 31, 2020 13:48 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

As we move into space we prepare not just to settle the Moon and Mars, but stretch our reach out to other stars and settle the galaxy, becoming an interstellar species. The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur12201 See the SFIA Episode Listing: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E7UTCFWSRk1vuyjmYhSvtmvINVSU9tWy5LabQeHW9t8/edit?usp=sharing Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Pa...

SFIA Monthly Livestream 26 - December 27, 2020

December 27, 2020 23:01 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Our monthly livestream Q&A session for December 2020 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media: Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Low-Tech Kardashev-2 Civilizations(Narration Only)

December 24, 2020 13:29 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MB

Kardashev-2 Civilizations are hypothetical empires which encompass entire stars, with access to billions of times the energy Earth has, often seen as builders of megastructures like Dyson Spheres. But could civilizations with only the technology we have become Kardashev-2? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/oMiHioZrlOw Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Is...

Low-Tech Kardashev-2 Civilizations

December 24, 2020 13:29 - 22 minutes - 21 MB

Kardashev-2 Civilizations are hypothetical empires which encompass entire stars, with access to billions of times the energy Earth has, often seen as builders of megastructures like Dyson Spheres. But could civilizations with only the technology we have become Kardashev-2? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/oMiHioZrlOw Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Is...

Interstellar Navigation (Narration Only)

December 17, 2020 13:48 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MB

Navigating the vast ocean of the galaxy to reach distant stars will be no easy matter, but future spaceships may find many new difficulties finding their way throughout space, and also throughout time. Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the video version: Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Facebook Group: https...

Interstellar Navigation

December 17, 2020 13:48 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

Navigating the vast ocean of the galaxy to reach distant stars will be no easy matter, but future spaceships may find many new difficulties finding their way throughout space, and also throughout time. Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the video version: Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Facebook Group: https...

Terraforming: Forging New Worlds

December 13, 2020 17:07 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

Our galaxy likely contains trillions of worlds, and perhaps none we could live on without great effort to make them like Earth. To colonize these worlds, to make them settlements for our descendants in the future, we must first terraform them. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/C2jh7dCwGRs National Space Society Roadmap: https://space.nss.org/nss-roadmap-to-space-settlement-3rd-edition-2018-contents/ Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our We...

Terraforming: Forging New Worlds (Narration Only)

December 13, 2020 17:07 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

Our galaxy likely contains trillions of worlds, and perhaps none we could live on without great effort to make them like Earth. To colonize these worlds, to make them settlements for our descendants in the future, we must first terraform them. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/C2jh7dCwGRs National Space Society Roadmap: https://space.nss.org/nss-roadmap-to-space-settlement-3rd-edition-2018-contents/ Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our We...

Space Colonies: From Outposts To Cities

December 10, 2020 13:58 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

As we venture out into space to colonize new planets, moons, and asteroids, how will these new settlements grow from simple outposts in to developed worlds with cities and civilizations all their own? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/XL1ehbG9EL8 Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com...

Space Colonies: From Outposts To Cities (Narration Only)

December 10, 2020 13:57 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MB

As we venture out into space to colonize new planets, moons, and asteroids, how will these new settlements grow from simple outposts in to developed worlds with cities and civilizations all their own? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/XL1ehbG9EL8 Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com...

Surviving The Next Century

December 03, 2020 13:59 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB

The last century has been one of awesome and often terrifying technological progress, and the next century offers as many wonders and terrors for us to navigate into our future. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/WcUJSlmFnnk Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook G...

Surviving The Next Century (Narration Only)

December 03, 2020 13:59 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

The last century has been one of awesome and often terrifying technological progress, and the next century offers as many wonders and terrors for us to navigate into our future. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/WcUJSlmFnnk Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook G...

SFIA Monthly Livestream 25 - November 29, 2020

November 29, 2020 22:54 - 1 hour - 56.6 MB

Our monthly livestream Q&A session for November 2020 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media: Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Life As A Space Colonist (Narration Only)

November 26, 2020 12:56 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

In order to colonize space, we will need colonists willing to travel to desolate planets, moons, and asteroids to settle those worlds. What would life be like as a pioneer to the alien frontier? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/CHXIQCQslmk Get the best discount of the year on Raycons! Now through the end of November, go to https://buyraycon.com/isaacarthur to get 20% off your order! Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/...

Life As A Space Colonist

November 26, 2020 12:56 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB

In order to colonize space, we will need colonists willing to travel to desolate planets, moons, and asteroids to settle those worlds. What would life be like as a pioneer to the alien frontier? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/CHXIQCQslmk Get the best discount of the year on Raycons! Now through the end of November, go to https://buyraycon.com/isaacarthur to get 20% off your order! Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/...

Asteroid Mining and Orbital Settlements (Narration Only)

November 19, 2020 13:49 - 21 minutes - 20 MB

Asteroids represent a threat to Earth, but in the future they may be a boon, serving as sources of vast wealth and resources, and as orbital settlements and keystones of interplanetary trade. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/xTAxjJ6KY7M Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur National Space Society Roadmap: https://space.nss.org/nss-roadmap-to-space-settlement-3rd-edition-2018-contents/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Suppo...

Asteroid Mining and Orbital Settlements

November 19, 2020 13:49 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MB

Asteroids represent a threat to Earth, but in the future they may be a boon, serving as sources of vast wealth and resources, and as orbital settlements and keystones of interplanetary trade. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/xTAxjJ6KY7M Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur National Space Society Roadmap: https://space.nss.org/nss-roadmap-to-space-settlement-3rd-edition-2018-contents/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Suppo...

Fermi Paradox: The Prime Directive

November 15, 2020 16:59 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

One solution to the Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, is that extraterrestrials might hide from us to avoid altering our society, a concept we see in Star Trek called the Prime Directive. Is such a policy ethical, and if so, should we follow it? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/TwNdj76CK-E Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Isa...

Fermi Paradox: The Prime Directive (Narration Only)

November 15, 2020 16:59 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

One solution to the Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, is that extraterrestrials might hide from us to avoid altering our society, a concept we see in Star Trek called the Prime Directive. Is such a policy ethical, and if so, should we follow it? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/TwNdj76CK-E Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Isa...

Interstellar Trade & Cyclers

November 12, 2020 13:58 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

Establishing Interstellar Trade and Commerce in the future will require an entirely new approach to moving cargo, as years if not centuries might pass for shipments to arrive by even the fastest spaceships, but may be aided by the use of vast interstellar Cycler Castles traveling on century long trade routes. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/2MGVFCr4sIM Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net...

Interstellar Trade & Cyclers (Narration Only)

November 12, 2020 13:58 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MB

Establishing Interstellar Trade and Commerce in the future will require an entirely new approach to moving cargo, as years if not centuries might pass for shipments to arrive by even the fastest spaceships, but may be aided by the use of vast interstellar Cycler Castles traveling on century long trade routes. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/2MGVFCr4sIM Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net...

Becoming a Kardashev- 1 Post-Scarcity Civilization (Narration Only)

November 05, 2020 13:18 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

The Kardashev Scale measures how powerful a high-tech civilization is, with K-1 indicating a advanced society able to call on all the power of their planet, which we often envision as a Post-Scarcity Utopia. Is this the future of Humanity? And if so, how can we achieve it? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/OcIXiRftjs4 Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Visit our Website: ...

Becoming a Kardashev- 1 Post-Scarcity Civilization

November 05, 2020 13:18 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

The Kardashev Scale measures how powerful a high-tech civilization is, with K-1 indicating a advanced society able to call on all the power of their planet, which we often envision as a Post-Scarcity Utopia. Is this the future of Humanity? And if so, how can we achieve it? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/OcIXiRftjs4 Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Visit our Website: ...

Terrifying Aliens

October 29, 2020 12:48 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

Aliens are portrayed in Science Fiction both as our potential saviors and best friends, as well as the stuff of nightmares. Would an extraterrestrial civilization be benevolent or terrifying, and how would we seem to them? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/cEoROjsXWKE The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur10201 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patr...

Terrifying Aliens (Narration Only)

October 29, 2020 12:48 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

Aliens are portrayed in Science Fiction both as our potential saviors and best friends, as well as the stuff of nightmares. Would an extraterrestrial civilization be benevolent or terrifying, and how would we seem to them? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/cEoROjsXWKE The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur10201 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patr...

SFIA Monthly Livestream 24 - October 25, 2020

October 25, 2020 21:30 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Octoberr 2020 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media: Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mars Base (Narration Only)

October 22, 2020 12:49 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

To become an Interplanetary Species we need to colonize another planet, and Mars will be our first target. To establish a base there, and a future settlement, we need to get their first, so we will also examine the Aldrin Cycler, a type of spacecraft that may make traveling to other worlds far easier. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/42Je9Xczu0o Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ National Space Society Roadmap: https://space.nss.org/nss-roadmap-...

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