Our future in space will require immense industry and infrastructure as we colonize out solar system and beyond. But how will those industries affect that colonization, and what form might an interplanetary civilization take from that influence? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/Zvj96NmddjI The first 500 people who click the link in the description will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur15 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreo...
Mar 12, 2020•31 min
The Zoo Hypothesis is a Fermi Paradox solution that assumes extraterrestrial civilizations can't be detected by our SETI efforts because they keep our whole world in an Alien Zoo. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/nOuh_nJWSlM Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://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/ Social Media: Facebook Grou...
Mar 05, 2020•25 min
The Zoo Hypothesis is a Fermi Paradox solution that assumes extraterrestrial civilizations can't be detected by our SETI efforts because they keep our whole world in an Alien Zoo. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/nOuh_nJWSlM Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://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/ Social Media: Facebook Grou...
Mar 05, 2020•26 min
A brief look at the life and work of Physicist and Mathematician Freeman Dyson. Videos of Freeman Dyson to learn more My Middle Class Upbringing: https://www.webofstories.com/play/freeman.dyson/1 Ted2003: Let’s Look for life in the outer solar system https://www.ted.com/talks/freeman_dyson_let_s_look_for_life_in_the_outer_solar_system#t-363941 Freeman Dyson: Nukes and Genomes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4B3aNKVspM Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://...
Feb 29, 2020•10 min
Genetic Engineering and DNA alteration is an emerging technology with huge ramifications in the future, including potentially altering the DNA of adult humans, not just embryos or plants & animals. Watch the video verison: https://youtu.be/KKFhbHwaVFE Try Dashlane here: https://www.dashlane.com/isaacarthur Get 10% off now with my promo code: isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www...
Feb 27, 2020•24 min
Genetic Engineering and DNA alteration is an emerging technology with huge ramifications in the future, including potentially altering the DNA of adult humans, not just embryos or plants & animals. Watch the video verison: https://youtu.be/KKFhbHwaVFE Try Dashlane here: https://www.dashlane.com/isaacarthur Get 10% off now with my promo code: isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www...
Feb 27, 2020•25 min
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, February 23, 2020, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! SFIA Episode List, past and upcoming: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E7UTCFWSRk1vuyjmYhSvtmvINVSU9tWy5LabQeHW9t8/edit?usp=sharing Get a free month of Curiosity Stream & now Nebula: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Catch the audio-only show on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746 Visit our Website: https:/...
Feb 24, 2020•1 hr
Climate Change can occur from many sources, natural or manmade. In order to handle these problems we may wish to utilize many of the technologies we've developed for future space exploration, colonization, and terraforming. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/bbMmQFwdACk Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www....
Feb 20, 2020•27 min
Climate Change can occur from many sources, natural or manmade. In order to handle these problems we may wish to utilize many of the technologies we've developed for future space exploration, colonization, and terraforming. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/bbMmQFwdACk Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www....
Feb 20, 2020•28 min
According to modern cosmology, one day all the stars will burn out and the Universe will be full of dead planets, black holes, and other stellar remnants, slowing decaying till entropy brings the Heat Death of the Universe. But could this fate be postponed or even reversed? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/80tdw-kBiu8 Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur S...
Feb 13, 2020•31 min
According to modern cosmology, one day all the stars will burn out and the Universe will be full of dead planets, black holes, and other stellar remnants, slowing decaying till entropy brings the Heat Death of the Universe. But could this fate be postponed or even reversed? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/80tdw-kBiu8 Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur S...
Feb 13, 2020•31 min
Artificial Intelligence, while still limited to only the most simplistic computers and robots, is beginning to emerge and will only grow smarter. Can humanity survive it's own creations and learn to coexist with them? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/tz8EBU01sIA Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://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...
Feb 09, 2020•25 min
Artificial Intelligence, while still limited to only the most simplistic computers and robots, is beginning to emerge and will only grow smarter. Can humanity survive it's own creations and learn to coexist with them? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/tz8EBU01sIA Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://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...
Feb 09, 2020•26 min
The Moon is covered in vast numbers of craters, some larger than entire Earth-based Nations, which may serve as dome habitats for humanity's future space colonies. But what would a crater city colony be like? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/4cv3SjVK-n0 The first 500 people who click the link in the description will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur14 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthu...
Feb 06, 2020•20 min
The Moon is covered in vast numbers of craters, some larger than entire Earth-based Nations, which may serve as dome habitats for humanity's future space colonies. But what would a crater city colony be like? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/4cv3SjVK-n0 The first 500 people who click the link in the description will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur14 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthu...
Feb 06, 2020•21 min
O'Neill Cylinders space stations are examples of large rotating habitats able to be constructed in space in which people and even a complex ecology might be transplanted. But what would it be like living in one and how would civilizations based inside them in the future tend to operate? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/hYyg8JC-6ew Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/...
Jan 30, 2020•29 min
O'Neill Cylinders space stations are examples of large rotating habitats able to be constructed in space in which people and even a complex ecology might be transplanted. But what would it be like living in one and how would civilizations based inside them in the future tend to operate? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/hYyg8JC-6ew Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/...
Jan 30, 2020•28 min
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, January 26, 2020, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Get a free month of Curiosity Stream & now Nebula: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Catch the aduio-only show on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746 Visit our Website: https://www.isaacarthur.net SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Soc...
Jan 28, 2020•1 hr
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, December 29, 2019, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Get a free month of Curiosity Stream & now Nebula: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Catch the aduio-only show on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746 Visit our Website: https://www.isaacarthur.net SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur So...
Jan 28, 2020•58 min
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, November 24, 2019, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Get a free month of Curiosity Stream & now Nebula: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Catch the aduio-only show on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746 Visit our Website: https://www.isaacarthur.net SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur So...
Jan 28, 2020•1 hr 1 min
The big question of why life exists has challenged minds for countless centuries, but what does science have to say on this matter? Could life arise on other worlds and in other Universes, and what is the reason for it? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/6z9U-tQ5RIw Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.sign...
Jan 23, 2020•30 min
The big question of why life exists has challenged minds for countless centuries, but what does science have to say on this matter? Could life arise on other worlds and in other Universes, and what is the reason for it? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/6z9U-tQ5RIw Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.sign...
Jan 23, 2020•30 min
The Moon is gateway to space, and in the future it might serve as an industrial and mining complex fueling vast production of spaceships, rocket fuel, satellites, space stations, and colonial habitats. Watch the Video version: https://youtu.be/y47MMNqKGxE Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/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/ Social Media: Fac...
Jan 16, 2020•29 min
The Moon is gateway to space, and in the future it might serve as an industrial and mining complex fueling vast production of spaceships, rocket fuel, satellites, space stations, and colonial habitats. Watch the Video version: https://youtu.be/y47MMNqKGxE Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/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/ Social Media: Fac...
Jan 16, 2020•28 min
Fire is often considered the foundation of human technology, but there may be many worlds on which it would not be likely to practical, such an ocean planets, and on which intelligent life like Dolphins might emerge. Could such worlds host technological civilizations anyway? Or would they be forever stuck at little to no technology? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/q8uJ2int43Y Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit...
Jan 12, 2020•20 min
Fire is often considered the foundation of human technology, but there may be many worlds on which it would not be likely to practical, such an ocean planets, and on which intelligent life like Dolphins might emerge. Could such worlds host technological civilizations anyway? Or would they be forever stuck at little to no technology? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/q8uJ2int43Y Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit...
Jan 12, 2020•20 min
Alien Conspiracy theories are too numerous to count, but are they simply being paranoid about UFOs or might aliens be conspiring against us? Alternatively, could an extraterrestrial civilization be conspiratorial by nature, and what motives might a galactic civilization have for involving themselves with us in secret? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/_vuCG3YhJBU Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Sup...
Jan 09, 2020•24 min
Alien Conspiracy theories are too numerous to count, but are they simply being paranoid about UFOs or might aliens be conspiring against us? Alternatively, could an extraterrestrial civilization be conspiratorial by nature, and what motives might a galactic civilization have for involving themselves with us in secret? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/_vuCG3YhJBU Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Sup...
Jan 09, 2020•24 min
Is time travel possible, and if it is, what sort of civilizations would result? We'll explore the science that might permit it as well as the classic science fiction examples to see if they make sense. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/0-37PLt7n7A Click here to explore your creativity and get 2 free months of Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur13 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available:...
Jan 02, 2020•26 min
Is time travel possible, and if it is, what sort of civilizations would result? We'll explore the science that might permit it as well as the classic science fiction examples to see if they make sense. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/0-37PLt7n7A Click here to explore your creativity and get 2 free months of Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur13 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available:...
Jan 02, 2020•26 min
