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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur explores humanity’s long-term future through space exploration, advanced technology, and big-picture science. Hosted by National Space Society President Isaac Arthur, each episode uses real science and careful speculation to examine space colonization, megastructures, artificial intelligence, post-scarcity economies, and the physics shaping civilization beyond Earth.

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All Episodes

00:45:14

The Fermi Paradox: Large Moons (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/10/03

One of Earth’s most unique features is the enormous gemstone in our sky we call the Moon, but could the Moon be the reason why we even exist?

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00:27:40

Life As An Asteroid Miner (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/09/29

We often envision filling space with vast megastructures people might live on in the future, and mining asteroids to provide the materials for their construction, but what would life as an Asteroid Miner be like?

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00:28:08

Life As An Asteroid Miner

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/09/29

We often envision filling space with vast megastructures people might live on in the future, and mining asteroids to provide the materials for their construction, but what would life as an Asteroid Miner be like?

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00:28:58

Is Privacy Going Extinct?

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/09/26

Technology brings us many wonders, but it may also bring about the end of our privacy. What, if anything, can we do to protect it?

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00:28:27

Is Privacy Going Extinct? (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/09/26

Technology brings us many wonders, but it may also bring about the end of our privacy. What, if anything, can we do to protect it?

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00:55:28

Transcendence (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/09/19

Many seek a path to enlightenment through study and meditation, but what does science tell us about transcendence? And could entire civilizations seek to leave this reality behind?

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00:38:06

Anachronistic Technology (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/09/15

In the future we may have technologies sufficiently advanced that they are indistinguishable from magic, but could those civilizations also be indistinguishable from primitive ones?

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00:29:10

The Cities Of Mars (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/09/12

One day we will journey to the Red Planet and perhaps settle there, but what great civilizations and cities will emerge on the red sands?

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00:33:53

The Library Of Babel

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/09/05

The Library of Babel is repository of every book ever written... if you can find it.

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00:33:09

The Library Of Babel (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/09/05

The Library of Babel is repository of every book ever written... if you can find it.

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00:33:34

Stellar Nomads (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/09/01

In the future, we may colonize other planets or build artificial worlds for people to life on, but some may choose a nomadic life on spaceships instead.

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00:34:10

Stellar Nomads

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/09/01

In the future, we may colonize other planets or build artificial worlds for people to life on, but some may choose a nomadic life on spaceships instead.

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00:25:18

Gardens Of The Moon (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/08/29

The Moon is barren and lifeless, but as we return to the Moon and settle there permanently, might we transform the brightest jewel in our sky into a glittering emerald full of life?

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00:25:54

Gardens Of The Moon

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/08/29

The Moon is barren and lifeless, but as we return to the Moon and settle there permanently, might we transform the brightest jewel in our sky into a glittering emerald full of life?

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00:25:26

Retrocausality: Cause After Effect (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/08/25

Could something in the future alter the past, so that effect came before cause? Does quantum mechanics truly allow this, as often hinted?

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00:45:03

Battle Fleets (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/08/22

In the future, fleets of unimaginable scope may battle over light years, in conflicts that might last milliseconds or entire centuries.

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00:44:29

The Next Technological Revolution (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/08/15

Technology has shaped our civilization as it grew down the centuries, and since the industrial revolution, each new generation seems defined by some new technological revolution… So what will the next revolution be?

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00:46:22

Were Primitive Humans Uplifted?

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/08/11

Many believe humanity's climb upward may have been assisted by outsiders. Is this possible, and if so, what does that tell us about our own past... and future?

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00:48:42

Were Primitive Humans Uplifted? (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/08/11

Many believe humanity's climb upward may have been assisted by outsiders. Is this possible, and if so, what does that tell us about our own past... and future?

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00:49:20

The Fermi Paradox: Migration

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/08/08

We often wonder where all the vast and ancient alien civilizations are, but could it be that they've migrated far away in space or time, or even journeyed beyond our cosmos?

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