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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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00:29:23

Farming On Mars

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/12/15

One day humanity might settle the Red Planet, but how will we grow food on world more barren than any desert or tundra on Earth?

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00:28:44

Farming On Mars (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/12/15

One day humanity might settle the Red Planet, but how will we grow food on world more barren than any desert or tundra on Earth?

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00:32:43

Planetary Civil War (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/12/11

Wars in the future may involve vast interplanetary conflicts or civil wars sprawling over an entire world or more, but what will those wars look like?

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00:33:25

Planetary Civil War

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/12/11

Wars in the future may involve vast interplanetary conflicts or civil wars sprawling over an entire world or more, but what will those wars look like?

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00:35:19

Humanity: Firstborn Space Civilization (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/12/08

As we continue to scan the heavens for signs of intelligent life, we must contemplate what it might mean if we are the first civilization to ever arise.

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00:36:04

Humanity: Firstborn Space Civilization

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/12/08

As we continue to scan the heavens for signs of intelligent life, we must contemplate what it might mean if we are the first civilization to ever arise.

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00:31:34

The Plan For After SETI Is Successful

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/12/01

One day we may get a signal from beyond Earth, positive proof of the Existence of Extraterrestrial Life... but what comes next?

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00:30:53

The Plan For After SETI Is Successful (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/12/01

One day we may get a signal from beyond Earth, positive proof of the Existence of Extraterrestrial Life... but what comes next?

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00:53:16

SFIA Monthly Livestream 49 - November 27, 2022

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/11/27

Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Sunday, November 27, 2022, where we take questions live from the audience.

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00:30:22

Reasons To Be Optimistic About The Future

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/11/24

As we head through hard times things can seem rather bleak, but there's lots of amazing and beneficial technologies on the horizon.

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00:29:50

Reasons To Be Optimistic About The Future (Narration...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/11/24

As we head through hard times things can seem rather bleak, but there's lots of amazing and beneficial technologies on the horizon.

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00:29:25

Living Planets: The Gaia Hypothesis

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/11/17

Many have believed Earth might have a spirit, but Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis contemplates this as a scientific possibility. Could our world be alive itself?

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00:28:51

Living Planets: The Gaia Hypothesis (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/11/17

Many have believed Earth might have a spirit, but Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis contemplates this as a scientific possibility. Could our world be alive itself?

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00:35:19

Stranded On An Alien World (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/11/13

As we reach out to explore the stars, could we find our explorers getting lost on new worlds, inhabited or otherwise. What should we do if stranded on an Alien World?

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00:36:05

Stranded On An Alien World

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/11/13

As we reach out to explore the stars, could we find our explorers getting lost on new worlds, inhabited or otherwise. What should we do if stranded on an Alien World?

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00:30:38

Automated Economies & Unemployment (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/11/10

Many fear that future automation may turn out to be the bane of civilization rather than its liberator. How do we ensure we take the path to a prosperous world and not one of ruin?

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00:31:23

Automated Economies & Unemployment

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/11/10

Many fear that future automation may turn out to be the bane of civilization rather than its liberator. How do we ensure we take the path to a prosperous world and not one of ruin?

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00:37:08

Refueling Our Sun: Holding Back Eternity

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/11/03

One day our Sun will die, and consume our world in fire, but is it possible to refuel our Sun so that it might live trillions and trillions of year to come?

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00:36:30

Refueling Our Sun: Holding Back Eternity (Narration...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/11/03

One day our Sun will die, and consume our world in fire, but is it possible to refuel our Sun so that it might live trillions and trillions of year to come?

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00:58:53

SFIA Monthly Livestream 48 - October 30, 2022

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/10/31

Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Sunday, October 30, 2022, where we take questions live from the audience.

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