Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Perhaps one of the most common technologies seen in science fiction is anti-gravity and gravity manipulation. Today we'll examine if there's an scientific pathways in physics to permit such...
Techno-Primitivism
Sign up with Skillshare for 2 months of Free classes: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur9 Fears about technology and it's impact on our civilization, or on individuals even when new tech is net benefit, are often shown to us in fiction as giving rise to technophobic cultures...
SFIA Monthly Livestream: March 31, 2019
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, March 31, 2019, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/...
Clarketech: Technologies Indistinguishable from Magic
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Science Fiction often presents us technologies that go far beyond the realms of known science, but many of these, such as force fields, inertial dampeners, anti-gravity, or faster than light travel might...
SFIA Monthly Livestream: February 24, 2019
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 5pm EST, Sunday, February 22, 2019, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Then join us again on SFIA Discord for live voice chat at 6:30 pm EST SFIA Discord Server:...
Cloud Cities
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Humanity has long wished to dwell among the clouds, today we'll look at what options we may have in the future for floating a city or home high in the sky. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net...
Observing the Cosmos (with Fraser Cain)
Today we're joined by Fraser Cain of Universe Today to discuss the future of astronomy, how you can get started in it as a hobby, and a wide-range of other topics. Check out Fraser's new book:...
Happily Ever After
Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "ISAAC" to 500-500 to get a free book including a copy of Alastair Reynolds' "House of Suns" To celebrate Valentine's Day, we'll take a look at relationships in the future, both the romantic and platonic friendships....
SFIA Monthly Livestream: January 20, 2019
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, January 20, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA...
The Santa Claus Machine
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Revolutionary improvements to automation and production may one day create machines able to produce almost anything, quickly and cheaply, and far faster and more varied than modern 3D Printers. Such...
Earth 2050: Predictions for the Next Generation
To ring in the New Year, we're joining up with Kaspersky Lab's Earth 2050 project to make some predictions about how our world will change over the next generation as we make improvements in technologies on medicine, data storage and manipulation, and robots & AI....
Colonizing the Arctic
Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "ISAAC" to 500-500 to get a free book including a copy of Sir Terry Pratchett's "The Hogfather" Humanity has long had outposts in the barren tundra lands of the arctic, but only in recent times have we visited the poles...
