

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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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Jan 17, 2021 • 26min
Machine Overlords & Post-Discontent Societies
Machines may help bring about a Post-Scarcity Utopia, assuming they don't take over instead, and we dream of a future that is a Post-Scarcity Utopia, but its dark reflection is the Post-Discontent society, one where through deception or brainwashing people do not even known how they are being deprived or oppressed.
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Machine Overlords & Post-Discontent Societies
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 273a; January 17, 2021
Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg
Keith Blockus
Matthew Campbell
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Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
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Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
LegionTech Studios
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Jan 14, 2021 • 22min
Cryonics: Frozen Civilizations (Narration Only)
Cryonic freezing offers a pathway to reap future medical technologies today by preserving someone for future restoration, but what would the impact of this technology be on civilization?
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Interstellar Navigation
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 269; December 17, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
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Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
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Miguel Johnson https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com
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Jan 14, 2021 • 23min
Cryonics: Frozen Civilizations
Cryonic freezing offers a pathway to reap future medical technologies today by preserving someone for future restoration, but what would the impact of this technology be on civilization?
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Interstellar Navigation
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 269; December 17, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Graphics:
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Music:
Miguel Johnson https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com
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Jan 7, 2021 • 29min
Civilizations At The Beginning Of Time (Narration Only)
Our Universe is billions of years older than our planet, and we often contemplate alien civilizations that might have arisen early than us in our galaxy, but just how early could life have arisen?
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Civilizations at the Beginning of Time
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 272; January 7, 2021
Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg
Keith Blockus
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
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Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
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Jan 7, 2021 • 30min
Civilizations At The Beginning Of Time
Our Universe is billions of years older than our planet, and we often contemplate alien civilizations that might have arisen early than us in our galaxy, but just how early could life have arisen?
Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit
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Civilizations at the Beginning of Time
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 272; January 7, 2021
Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg
Keith Blockus
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Graphics:
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Music by Stellardrone:
https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/
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Dec 31, 2020 • 29min
Becoming an Interstellar Species (Narration Only)
As we move into space we prepare not just to settle the Moon and Mars, but stretch our reach out to other stars and settle the galaxy, becoming an interstellar species.
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Becoming an Interstellar Species
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 271; December 31, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Matthew Campbell
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Graphics:
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Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
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Udo Schroeter
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Dec 31, 2020 • 30min
Becoming an Interstellar Species
As we move into space we prepare not just to settle the Moon and Mars, but stretch our reach out to other stars and settle the galaxy, becoming an interstellar species.
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Becoming an Interstellar Species
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 271; December 31, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Matthew Campbell
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Graphics:
Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Sam McNamara of Rapid Thrash
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Udo Schroeter
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Dec 27, 2020 • 1h
SFIA Monthly Livestream 26 - December 27, 2020
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for December 2020
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Dec 24, 2020 • 23min
Low-Tech Kardashev-2 Civilizations(Narration Only)
Kardashev-2 Civilizations are hypothetical empires which encompass entire stars, with access to billions of times the energy Earth has, often seen as builders of megastructures like Dyson Spheres. But could civilizations with only the technology we have become Kardashev-2?
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Low-Tech Kardashev-2 Civilizations
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 270: December 24, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Graphics:
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
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Mihail Yordanov
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Udo Schroeter
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Dec 24, 2020 • 23min
Low-Tech Kardashev-2 Civilizations
Kardashev-2 Civilizations are hypothetical empires which encompass entire stars, with access to billions of times the energy Earth has, often seen as builders of megastructures like Dyson Spheres. But could civilizations with only the technology we have become Kardashev-2?
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Low-Tech Kardashev-2 Civilizations
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 270: December 24, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
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Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Mihail Yordanov
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Udo Schroeter
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