What if humanity’s future isn’t on Earth—or even other planets—but in colossal artificial worlds built in space? In this episode, we explore the O’Neill Cylinder, a visionary space habitat that could house millions, serve as interstellar arks, and transform the cosmos...
Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Mankind's future is among the stars, but not necessarily on other planets. Instead we might forge giant space stations that are entire artificial worlds, and today we'll explore some of...
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ In the future humanity might build structures of incomprehensible size and splendor, megastructures and artificial worlds, but somebody is going to have to build and maintain these feats of science and...
A look at Discworlds, Flat Earths, and Alderson Discs in terms of how they'd function and how they might be built. Support the Channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud:...