The Physics of FTL Travel
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Deciphering Alien Codes
Learning a new human language is tricky enough, so could we ever hope to decrypt alien languages from species we've never met? Cryptic Aliens: https://youtu.be/thdC-HlRHWg Alien Languages: https://youtu.be/_OpoWJbo7oM Produced, Written &...
Robots & Warfare
Use code isaacarthur at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/isaacarthur Robots play an ever greater role in every aspect of our lives, including the battlefield, but what will their role be in the...
Mobile Cities
Humanity has often preferred to move its communities, and in the future we might do that by moving our entire cities, by air, sea, or land. Watch my exclusive video on Nomadic Miners On The Moon:...
Computronium
Computronium is any type of matter which supports computation or thought, and which a civilization might seek to turn all matter into. Matrioshka Brains: https://youtu.be/Ef-mxjYkllw Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Courtesy...
Hegemonizing Swarms
A Hegemonizing Swarm is a hypothetical living weapon, or self-replicating machine, which seeks to turn every last available bit of matter into more of itself or a desired construct. Paperclip Maximizer: https://youtu.be/3mk7NVFz_88 Produced,...
Lunar Mining, Processing & Refining
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Birch Planets: Galaxy-Sized Worlds
Birch Planets are enormous hypothetical Megastructures which would have more living area than every planet in our galaxy combined, and are even larger than Dyson Spheres. Mega Earths: https://youtu.be/ioKidcpkZN0 To find out more about...
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Building Artificial Planets
We may terraform Mars or Venus one day, but to truly make worlds like Earth, we may need to build them ourselves. Mega Earths: https://youtu.be/ioKidcpkZN0 To find out more about megastructures, see the Megastructure Compendium:...