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Multi-Planetary Empires
One day humanity may settle countless worlds, but could any nation hope to govern multiple planets or even star systems? Watch my exclusive video Crystal Aliens https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-crystal-aliens Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual...
Settling Mars: Phobos & Deimos
Learn more about the game and see it in action at https://upperstory.com/turingtumble/?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=XXXX Use the coupon code ISAACARTHUR for 10% off your total purchase The Red Planet beckons us toward it, and the day draws closer when humans...
Is Terraforming Planets Ethical?
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Solar System Colonization Strategies
Start Forging New Worlds: https://www.worldanvil.com/isaac-arthur Whether its pioneering spirit and an urge to explore or a chance to make a fortune or new life out in space, colonization of our solar system may pursue many strategies across many new worlds. Visit our...
Mars First vs Moon First
Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur There's a great debate over whether our next step into space should be a permanent Moon Base or our first manned mission to Mars. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on...
Government Types of the Future
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Over the centuries humanity has tried many versions of government and many variations on each type, today we will examine how technology and space colonization might impact what types of governments we...
Industrial Belts in Space: How would Regions of Space industrially develop over time?
The first 500 people who click the link in the description will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur15 Our future in space will require immense industry and infrastructure as we colonize out solar system and beyond. But how will those...
Climate Change Mitigation: Near Term Solutions
Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur 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,...
Winter on Venus
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Venus is a desolate scorching world on which no life can exist. Yet if it can be cooled down, there is no other planet we know of more suitable for terraforming and colonization. We will examine methods...
Colonizing Pluto
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Pluto and it's largest moon, Charon, are so far from the Sun and so tiny that they would not seem like promising options for interplanetary colonization. However, they may turn out to be excellent...
The Fermi Paradox & the Aurora Effect
A new paper has come out discussing how the Fermi Paradox might be explained by the rigors of traveling space for interstellar colonization, causing settlements to be rare and and possibly not long-lived. We'll look at this model for spreading humanity out across the...
