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Interstellar Colonization Strategies (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Best One Percent Might Be Colonized First

The best one percent might be colonized first but that's not necessarily based on blue planets around yellow suns. A red giant with a very big asteroid belt around it for the speed of development nothing beats a vast collection of asteroids and red giants make a great power supply. There are ways to extend stellar lifetimes and some of them like starlifting are great ways to get metals and building materials while you're at it indeed far superior supplies in terms of quantity than anything you get from asteroids or even disassembling entire planets.

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