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Quasar Cannon
The Quasar Cannon is a hypothetical way of weaponizing Black Holes. Able to sterilize entire galaxies, it epitomizes the idea that if Brute Force isn't working, you're not using enough of it. To find out more about other megastructures, see the...
Artificial Afterlives
For as long as we have had history and likely before, people have contemplated a life after this one, but might we one day create artificial afterlives? And if so, will we create heavens or hells? Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual...
BWC Megastructures & Artificial Planets
BWC Megastructures are types of hypothetical mega engineering projects, like artificial planets, who scope is vast, but whose practicality is debatable. To find out more about them and other megastructures, see the Megastructure Compendium:...
Higher Dimensional Aliens
Checkout Keysight World Innovate: https://keysig.ht/rX9blU Could there be universes with more than 3 Dimensions? And if so, could life exist there? Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Support...
Space Towers
The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare https://skl.sh/isaacarthur06238 One day we may retire our rockets and instead reach the heavens by ascending towers so tall they dwarf mountains, and rise above the...
Fusion Candles
A Fusion Candle is a type of hypothetical Megastructure that is an enormous fusion drive that is placed in orbit of a gas giant, like Jupiter. To find out more about them and other megastructures, see the Megastructure Compendium:...
Solar Moths and Solar Sails
A quick glance at solar moth and solar sail technology for space travel from our episode the Advanced Spaceship Drive Compendium https://youtu.be/ipQ1c6jTjIc
Colonizing the Kuiper Belt
Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial + the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. We often discuss our future in the Asteroid Belt, and the glorious civilizations we might one day build there....
Warping Reality
The goal of science is to understand and master the Universe around us, but could our skill grow so great that we could learn to warp reality itself? Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur...