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Barriers to Becoming a Kardashev Civilization

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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This episode marks the 8th anniversary of our first episode of Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur. We revisit the core concept behind our original episode on megastructures, which is what a Kardashev Scale civilization really would tend to look like compared to our classic science fiction and space opera interstellar empires and federations. A glorious and bright future awaits us if we can become a Kard ashev civilization. But what barriers stand between us and that bright future?

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