Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ So often expanding into space can seem like a Catch-22, where every proposed idea for development can only be practical if space is already developed. Today we'll take a look at some potential options...
SFIA Monthly Livestream: November 30, 2018
Our third end-of-the-month livestream Q&A session. Join us 7pm EST, Friday, Nov 20, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Interview on Event Horizon with John Michael Godier Part 1:...
Sleeper Ships
Get Started with Squarespace today: http://squarespace.com/isaacarthur To journey across the stars requires voyages of centuries or more, ensuring the crew will be long dead by the time they arrive. If you want your crew available to colonize new worlds after their...
Reclaiming the Deserts
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Our deserts have been slowly expanding, consuming arable land and neighboring ecosystems. Can we push them back, or even turn them into lush oases and fertile farmland? We will investigate the available...
SFIA Monthly Livestream: October 28, 2018
Our second end-of-the-month livestream Q&A session. Join us 2pm EST, Sunday, Oct 28, 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:...
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....
Colonizing the Oceans
Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "ISAAC" to 500-500 to get a free book including a copy of Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and a 30-day free trial of Audible. Our seas and oceans have always been central to our civilization, but only the...
Seasteading & Artificial Islands
Could the future of humanity be at sea? Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Our seas and oceans have long been central to human civilization, while at the same time we built dikes and islands to reclaim land. As technology improves, we may...
SFIA Monthly Livestream: September 30, 2018
Our first end-of-the-month livestream Q&A session, with hopefully minimal technical glitches. Join us 2pm EST, Sunday, Sep 30, and get you questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on...
Brainwashing & Mind Control
Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "ISAAC" to 500-500 to get a free book including a copy of George Orwell's "1984" and a 30-day free trial of Audible. We often worry about the possibility of a civilization developing methods of brainwashing to...
Outward Bound: Colonizing Neptune
A look at Neptune, a potential gateway to the stars... Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ The Icy Giants, Neptune and Uranus, are often overlooked for as candidates for colonizing our solar system. Even when noted, the focus tends to be...
Attack of the Drones
Visit our sponsor, Skillshare: https://skl.sh/isaac4 Drones are becoming more common for military, commercial, and recreational purposes, today we will explore how these will impact us in the near future and far, for peace and warfare, on Earth and in the void of...
