

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Isaac Arthur
Podcast by Isaac Arthur
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Nov 19, 2020 • 22min
Asteroid Mining and Orbital Settlements
Asteroids represent a threat to Earth, but in the future they may be a boon, serving as sources of vast wealth and resources, and as orbital settlements and keystones of interplanetary trade.
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Asteroid Mining & Orbital Settlements
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 265; November 19, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jerry Guern
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Nov 15, 2020 • 26min
Fermi Paradox: The Prime Directive
One solution to the Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, is that extraterrestrials might hide from us to avoid altering our society, a concept we see in Star Trek called the Prime Directive. Is such a policy ethical, and if so, should we follow it?
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The Fermi Paradox: The Prime Directive
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 264a; November 15, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
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Nov 15, 2020 • 25min
Fermi Paradox: The Prime Directive (Narration Only)
One solution to the Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, is that extraterrestrials might hide from us to avoid altering our society, a concept we see in Star Trek called the Prime Directive. Is such a policy ethical, and if so, should we follow it?
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The Fermi Paradox: The Prime Directive
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 264a; November 15, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
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Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
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Nov 12, 2020 • 29min
Interstellar Trade & Cyclers
Establishing Interstellar Trade and Commerce in the future will require an entirely new approach to moving cargo, as years if not centuries might pass for shipments to arrive by even the fastest spaceships, but may be aided by the use of vast interstellar Cycler Castles traveling on century long trade routes.
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Interstellar Trade & Cyclers
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 254; November 12, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
S. Kopperud
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Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
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Nov 12, 2020 • 28min
Interstellar Trade & Cyclers (Narration Only)
Establishing Interstellar Trade and Commerce in the future will require an entirely new approach to moving cargo, as years if not centuries might pass for shipments to arrive by even the fastest spaceships, but may be aided by the use of vast interstellar Cycler Castles traveling on century long trade routes.
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Interstellar Trade & Cyclers
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 254; November 12, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
S. Kopperud
Cover Art:
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Nov 5, 2020 • 24min
Becoming a Kardashev- 1 Post-Scarcity Civilization (Narration Only)
The Kardashev Scale measures how powerful a high-tech civilization is, with K-1 indicating a advanced society able to call on all the power of their planet, which we often envision as a Post-Scarcity Utopia. Is this the future of Humanity? And if so, how can we achieve it?
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Becoming a Kardashev-1 Post-Scarcity Civilization
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 263; November 5, 2020
Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg
S. Kopperud
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Nov 5, 2020 • 24min
Becoming a Kardashev- 1 Post-Scarcity Civilization
The Kardashev Scale measures how powerful a high-tech civilization is, with K-1 indicating a advanced society able to call on all the power of their planet, which we often envision as a Post-Scarcity Utopia. Is this the future of Humanity? And if so, how can we achieve it?
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Becoming a Kardashev-1 Post-Scarcity Civilization
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 263; November 5, 2020
Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg
S. Kopperud
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Graphics:
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
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Oct 29, 2020 • 30min
Terrifying Aliens
Aliens are portrayed in Science Fiction both as our potential saviors and best friends, as well as the stuff of nightmares. Would an extraterrestrial civilization be benevolent or terrifying, and how would we seem to them?
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Terrifying Aliens
Episode 62; October 29, 2020
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jerry Guern
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Matthew Campbell
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Oct 29, 2020 • 30min
Terrifying Aliens (Narration Only)
Aliens are portrayed in Science Fiction both as our potential saviors and best friends, as well as the stuff of nightmares. Would an extraterrestrial civilization be benevolent or terrifying, and how would we seem to them?
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Terrifying Aliens
Episode 62; October 29, 2020
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
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Jerry Guern
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Matthew Campbell
Cover Art - Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
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Oct 25, 2020 • 1h
SFIA Monthly Livestream 24 - October 25, 2020
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Octoberr 2020
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