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Digital Death
It is often thought that if we cure aging or find out how to upload a human mind that humans will be immortal. Today we will examine that notion and see how well it holds up against astronomical time lines. Visit our Website:...
Mind Augmentation
A look at methods and concerns for augmenting the human mind. Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac and get a free audio book with a 30 day trial! Today we will be looking at Mind Augmentation, the basic concepts, methods, ethical concerns, and...
Outward Bound: Colonizing Titan
We continue our look at colonizing the solar system by visiting Saturn's moon Titan. Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://www.Brilliant.org/IsaacArthur We will examine the options for less classic colonization by exploring alternatives to manned...
Androids
Androids, machines that look and act human, are rapidly leaving the realms of science fiction and entering science fact. In this episode we explore their uses, dangers, ethical dilemmas, and more. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join...
Uplifting Animal & Aliens, Part 1 of 2
The concept of enhancing and augmenting animal minds & bodies to be able to use and understand human technology, known as Uplifting, has long fascinated us. Today in this two-part collaboration with John Michael Godier, we will explore this...
Smug Aliens
We continue our look at hypothetical Alien Civilizations by examining concepts such as Zoo Hypothesis - that aliens may be keeping us secluded from the rest of the galaxy - and the motivation for non-interference, such as the Star Trek Prime...
Megastructures: Ringworlds
Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac and get a free audio book with a 30 day trial! Ringworlds are a type of megastructure that engulf an entire star, first popularized in Larry Niven's classic novel Ringworld. These constructs a million times...
Outward Bound: Colonizing Venus
We continue our look at colonizing the solar system by visiting Venus, and exploring both the options for vast floating habitats in the upper atmosphere as well as full terraforming of the planet. To pickup a copy of Ringworlds, our Book of the...
Interplanetary Warfare
Following on our look at Space Warfare concepts, we look at popular ideas from science and science fiction for war between planets, or inside a fully colonized solar system or Dyson Swarm. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join the...