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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

00:28:50

Ancient Universes & Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/28

In a future so distant that all has decayed to nothingness and time itself ceases to exist, might this eternal moment of oblivion bring on a fiery resurrection to all of space and time?

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00:28:08

Ancient Universes & Conformal Cyclic Cosmology...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/28

In a future so distant that all has decayed to nothingness and time itself ceases to exist, might this eternal moment of oblivion bring on a fiery resurrection to all of space and time?

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00:33:14

Lagrange Point Space Settlement (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/25

Lagrange Points are the rare oases, stationary islands in space. As a result, they are invaluable real estate where we can build vast space habitats.

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00:33:59

Lagrange Point Space Settlement

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/25

Lagrange Points are the rare oases, stationary islands in space. As a result, they are invaluable real estate where we can build vast space habitats.

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00:32:54

Space Regulation (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/18

For us to live and build communities in space we will need law and order, but who will make the rules, what should they be, and what sheriff will see that the law is enforced?

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00:33:40

Space Regulation

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/18

For us to live and build communities in space we will need law and order, but who will make the rules, what should they be, and what sheriff will see that the law is enforced?

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00:27:56

Aliens vs AI

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/14

We often worry that humanity might be attacked by Aliens or AI, but which is worse and which would win in a battle between them?

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00:27:24

Aliens vs AI (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/14

We often worry that humanity might be attacked by Aliens or AI, but which is worse and which would win in a battle between them?

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00:36:23

Is Uplifting Ethical?

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/11

Uplifting is the process of altering an animal - or even an alien - to be smarter or able to use technology. Our ability to do this seem inevitable, and with it a host of moral dilemmas.

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00:33:17

Is Uplifting Ethical? (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/11

Uplifting is the process of altering an animal - or even an alien - to be smarter or able to use technology. Our ability to do this seem inevitable, and with it a host of moral dilemmas.

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00:25:40

Statites, Lagites, and Quasites

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/07

A look at Statites, or Static Satellites, and variations like the Lagite, Quasite, Mag Sail, Solar Moth, and Non-Keplerian Orbits that offer us powerful foundations for advanced, Kardashev-scale space development.

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00:25:05

Statites, Lagites, and Quasites (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/07

A look at Statites, or Static Satellites, and variations like the Lagite, Quasite, Mag Sail, Solar Moth, and Non-Keplerian Orbits that offer us powerful foundations for advanced, Kardashev-scale space development.

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00:27:49

The Fermi Paradox: Pancosmorio Theory (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/04

Reaching new worlds is a difficult task, but transplanting ecosystem and civilizations to them may be even harder.

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00:28:16

The Fermi Paradox: Pancosmorio Theory

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/04

Reaching new worlds is a difficult task, but transplanting ecosystem and civilizations to them may be even harder.

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00:16:45

SFIA Monthly Livestream 60: December 31, 2023

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/01/01

Our Final monthly livestream Q&A session recorded on New Year's Eve Sunday, December 31, 2023

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00:32:10

Clearing Space Debris

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2023/12/28

Our future lies among the stars, and many challenges must be overcome to reach them. One of those challenges is making sure our ships don’t crash into our own garbage littering orbit.

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00:31:33

Clearing Space Debris (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2023/12/28

Our future lies among the stars, and many challenges must be overcome to reach them. One of those challenges is making sure our ships don’t crash into our own garbage littering orbit.

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00:24:34

Will We Colonize Space?

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2023/12/24

We often discuss if space travel is feasible and if we can settle strange new worlds, but if we can, there is still the question of if we will.

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00:24:02

Will We Colonize Space? (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2023/12/24

We often discuss if space travel is feasible and if we can settle strange new worlds, but if we can, there is still the question of if we will.

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00:26:28

Silicon-Based Lifeforms

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2023/12/21

In the grandeur of the universe, the tapestry of life may be woven from stranger threads than we ever dared to dream, and spun from materials far different to our own.

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