Is Terraforming Planets Ethical?

Is Terraforming Planets Ethical?

Use code isaacarthur at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/isaacarthur In the future we may be able to claim new worlds and forge them into paradises, but should we? Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join...

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Smart Cities

Smart Cities

To get started planning a career that works on one of the world’s most pressing problems, sign up now at https://80000hours.org/isaacarthur Cities in the future will need to be increasingly clever in how they operate, by utilizing more data collection, automation, and...

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Space Habitats

Space Habitats

Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. For humanity to explore space and distant worlds, we will need to construct enormous artificial habitats in...

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Alien Environments

Alien Environments

Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Among the uncounted stars in this Universe there may be unnumbered strange new worlds, many of which may have environments...

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Staying Sane in Space

Staying Sane in Space

Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Space is deadly and our spaceships and stations are cramped and thin-protected environments,...

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Embracing Nuclear Power

Embracing Nuclear Power

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The Future of Garbage

The Future of Garbage

Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur The other side of the coin to all the new & future wonders we produce is what to do with them when they're old or broken. Today we examine the future of garbage, waste, and recycling....

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Upward Bound: The Environments of Space Habitats

Upward Bound: The Environments of Space Habitats

A look at environments and ecology on truly massive space stations. Check out Cheddar's video on Extinction: https://chdr.tv/youtu0277c As we expand in space and build ever large space stations, true space habitats, we will need to incorporate ecosystems into them....

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Exporting Earth

Exporting Earth

Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ In order to terraform new planets, we will need to be able transport entire ecologies & ecosystems through interstellar space in the future. Today we will examine how we could build and maintain such...

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