The Great Filter – Are We Doomed or Exceptional?

The Great Filter – Are We Doomed or Exceptional?

The Fermi Paradox contemplates reasons why in so an ancient and huge Universe we don’t see enormous alien civilizations everywhere, and the Great Filters approach tries to think of reasons why life, or intelligent life, is rare. Produced, Written & Narrated by:...

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How Many Stars & Galaxies Could We Colonize?

How Many Stars & Galaxies Could We Colonize?

The Universe is vast, and even voyages to neighboring stars may decades under known science, so how far can humanity colonize out into our galaxy or beyond? Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound...

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Atmospheric Mining

Atmospheric Mining

Science fiction has popularized asteroid mining and cities in the sky, but could the future of mining be in cloud cities hanging far above distant worlds? Watch my exclusive video on Life As An Asteroid Miner:...

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Antimatter Rifles

Antimatter Rifles

Antimatter is vastly more dangerous than even nuclear weapons, but warm temperature superconductors may allow it to be weaponized into man-portable machineguns that fired nukes with each shot. Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Courtesy of...

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The Fermi Paradox: Fallen Empires

The Fermi Paradox: Fallen Empires

Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial + the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. The cosmos seem silent and empty of any great interstellar empires, but perhaps they once existed, and if so, what titanic ruins...

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Interplanetary Infrastructure

Interplanetary Infrastructure

They say space is the future, out among the countless billions and billions of new worlds in our galaxy, but a journey needs a path or road, so what sort of roads will we build in space? Watch my exclusive video on Life As An Asteroid Miner:...

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How Many Stars Are Within 100 Light Years?

How Many Stars Are Within 100 Light Years?

Alpha Centauri may be the nearest star but how many more stars and planets are within 100 light years of us? Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

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Would A Lightsaber Set You On Fire?

Would A Lightsaber Set You On Fire?

Debate about the lethality of lightsabers sometimes asks if the blade, able to cut through metal in a slash, could be hot enough to burn even the water in a person's body. Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound...

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Idiocracy

Idiocracy

An Idiocracy is a type of government or civilization whose de facto leadership and citizenry are incompetent and stupid, and future technology might allow such civilizations to flourish. Human Devolution: Morlocks & C.H.U.D.s Produced, Written & Narrated by:...

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Comet Mining

Comet Mining

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Cyborg Armies

Cyborg Armies

Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial + the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. In the future we may deploy armies of cybernetic superhumans to fight our battles, people so augmented they could tear through walls...

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