Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Our future in the galaxy is typically envisioned as tied to the stars, be it on planets orbiting them or vast megastructures fueled by the alien suns, and yet the true future of humanity...
Becoming a Kardashev-1 Post-Scarcity Civilization
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 Kardashev Scale measures how powerful a high-tech civilization is, with K-1 indicating a advanced society able to call on...
Genetic Divergence & Civilization
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Economies of the Future
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Coexistence of Humans & AI
Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Artificial Intelligence, while still limited to only the most simplistic computers and robots, is beginning to emerge and will only grow smarter. Can humanity survive it's own creations and...
Springtime on Mars: Terraforming the Red Planet
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Colonizing Mars and terraforming it to be a comfortable future home for humanity is quite the challenge. How would we go about it and how close is close enough for our purposes? How would we let life...
Megastructure Maintenance & Space Janitors
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Seeding the Stars
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Colonizing the Oceans
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Galactic Humanity & the Fermi Paradox, Part 1
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Watch Part 2: https://youtu.be/tbvmxo90F9I For today's 2-part episode we team again with John Michael Godier to discuss the future of humanity should we head out to colonize the galaxy and find it empty,...
