Biotech: Human Modification and Augmentation

Biotech: Human Modification and Augmentation

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. In the future Biotechnology may allows us repair, modify, or augment humans, but how will this be done? What will these...

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The Impact of Superconductors

The Impact of Superconductors

Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Superconductors offer us a path to high-efficiency, low-loss power and energy, but the impact they'll have on our civilization through other technologies may be far greater, and we'll...

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Can we have a Trillion People on Earth?

Can we have a Trillion People on Earth?

Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Could Earth be home to a trillion people, or even more? We'll explore if we can do this with current technology, what future technologies would help, and what such a planet-wide city, an...

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Climate Change Mitigation: Near Term Solutions

Climate Change Mitigation: Near Term Solutions

Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Climate Change can occur from many sources, natural or manmade. In order to handle these problems we may wish to utilize many of the technologies we've developed for future space exploration,...

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Accessing Earth’s Core

Accessing Earth’s Core

Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ All of our civilization exists only a thin layer of Earth's surface, and our deepest mines barely scratch our planet. We often talk about finding new mineral resources on other worlds or asteroids in the...

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Aloof Aliens

Aloof Aliens

Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Discussion of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations often hinges on the idea that they may have ascended to a higher state or higher level of reality, and lost interest in us and the rest of the...

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Synthetic Meat

Synthetic Meat

Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ There are many reasons not to eat meat, or at least less of it: medical, ethical, economical, or ecological, but the stuff is quite tasty. Today we'll look at how artificial meat technologies in the near...

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Superpowers

Superpowers

Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ The dream of having superhuman abilities is as old as humanity, and appeared in everything from mythology to comic books, but the future might offer technologies that turn these dreams into reality....

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Post-Apocalyptic Civilizations

Post-Apocalyptic Civilizations

Try Dashlane here: https://www.dashlane.com/isaacarthur Get 10% off now with my promo code: isaacarthur The End of the World is a popular topic in science fiction and a source of serious worry for modern civilizations. If Doomsday comes, what can a Prepper do to...

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Clarketech: Technologies Indistinguishable from Magic

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...

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Kickstarting Space Industry

Kickstarting Space Industry

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...

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