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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BWC Megastructures & Artificial Planets

BWC Megastructures & Artificial Planets

BWC Megastructures are types of hypothetical mega engineering projects, like artificial planets, who scope is vast, but whose practicality is debatable. To find out more about them and other megastructures, see the Megastructure Compendium:...

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Solar Moths and Solar Sails

Solar Moths and Solar Sails

A quick glance at solar moth and solar sail technology for space travel from our episode the Advanced Spaceship Drive Compendium https://youtu.be/ipQ1c6jTjIc

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Colonizing the Kuiper Belt

Colonizing the Kuiper Belt

Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial + the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. We often discuss our future in the Asteroid Belt, and the glorious civilizations we might one day build there. However, it is but a...

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Coexistence with Aliens

Coexistence with Aliens

One day we may encounter intelligent aliens, but can we ever hope to understand their psychology and coexist with them if we do? Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video on Space Freighters:...

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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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Misconceptions About Space, Time & The Universe

Misconceptions About Space, Time & The Universe

The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare https://skl.sh/isaacarthur05231 Our Universe is vast, ancient, and mysterious. It's no surprise that in our quest to explore and explain it, many misconceptions have arisen. Visit our...

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SFIA Monthly Livestream: Sunday, May 21, 2023 4pm EST

SFIA Monthly Livestream: Sunday, May 21, 2023 4pm EST

Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on May 21, 2023, at 4pm EST, Sunday, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Register for the National Space Society's 2023...

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Smart Cities

Smart Cities

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 Cities in the future will need to be increasingly clever in how they operate, by utilizing more data collection, automation, and...

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Nuclear Power: Small Modular Reactors

Nuclear Power: Small Modular Reactors

Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial + the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. Small Modular Reactors are a promising area of nuclear technology that may be the pathway forward to cheap, safe, and sustainable...

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SFIA Monthly Livestream: Sunday, April 23, 2023 4pm EST

SFIA Monthly Livestream: Sunday, April 23, 2023 4pm EST

Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on April 23, 2023, at 4pm EST, Sunday, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Register for the National Space Society's 2023...

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Intergalactic Voyages

Intergalactic Voyages

Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video on Conformal Cyclic Cosmology: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-conformal-cyclic-cosmology Far beyond our Moon and Mars and the other planets is...

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