Quasar Cannon

Quasar Cannon

The Quasar Cannon is a hypothetical way of weaponizing Black Holes. Able to sterilize entire galaxies, it epitomizes the idea that if Brute Force isn't working, you're not using enough of it. To find out more about other megastructures, see the Megastructure...

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Artificial Afterlives

Artificial Afterlives

For as long as we have had history and likely before, people have contemplated a life after this one, but might we one day create artificial afterlives? And if so, will we create heavens or hells? Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription:...

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Hive Worlds

Hive Worlds

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 Science fiction often shows us dark, grimy, dystopian mega-cities in the future, but are such planet-wide cities possible, what...

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The Fermi Paradox: Searching For Dyson Spheres

The Fermi Paradox: Searching For Dyson Spheres

Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial + the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. Many believe civilizations which survive the challenges of technology will inevitability build Dyson Spheres encompassing their...

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Multiverse Warfare & Quantum Mania

Multiverse Warfare & Quantum Mania

Go to nordpass.com/isaacnordpass and use code isaacnordpass at the checkout to get additional 1 month for FREE! If travel to other realities and multiverses is possible, then so is conflict between them, but how would a multiversal war be fought? Visit our Website:...

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The Omega Point

The Omega Point

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 The Omega Point Cosmological Theory argues that it may be possible to continue existing until...

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Transhumanism & Humanity’s Future

Transhumanism & Humanity’s Future

To claim your matching donation with Givewell, go to https://www.givewell.org/isaac In the future, humanity may embrace genetic engineering and cybernetic augmentation of mind and body, but what does this Transhuman future look like? And should we embrace or resist...

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Stranded On An Alien World

Stranded On An Alien World

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. As we reach out to explore the stars, could we find our explorers getting lost on new worlds, inhabited or otherwise. What...

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Alien Impostors & Doppelgangers

Alien Impostors & Doppelgangers

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. The idea that some mimic might steal your identity and replace you, or takeover your mind, is terrifying. But could we...

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Dumbest Alien Invasions

Dumbest Alien Invasions

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. An Alien Invasion of Earth is a terrifying scenario, yet science fiction rarely has good reason for those invasions. Today...

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The Fermi Paradox: Technological Timebombs

The Fermi Paradox: Technological Timebombs

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. We often wonder where all the aliens are out in the galaxy, but could it be that the technologies needed to get...

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Lost Space Colonies

Lost Space Colonies

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. A Galaxy of trillion of worlds, all separated by vast gulfs of time and space, it is very easy for pioneers and colonists to...

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