Isaac Arthur
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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Episodes
Cybersecurity (Narration Only) 07.11.2019 37:13
Every age produces new wonders and new challenges, and for the information age one of those is cybersecurity. We'll attempt to demystify the topic and explain some of the core concepts of keeping your computer secure and your personal data private. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/jISPll1GYPo Try Dashlane here: https://www.dashlane.com/isaacarthur Get 10% off now with my promo code: isaac...
Cloning & Duplication: Me, Myself, and I (Narration Only) 31.10.2019 20:55
Cloning people is a staple of science fiction, and now something science can do, but what are the future social and legal consequences of cloning, and can we learn to make fully grown clones or even duplicate our memories? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/yyed8UDeLM8 Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit http://www....
Cloning & Duplication: Me, Myself, and I 31.10.2019 21:42
Cloning people is a staple of science fiction, and now something science can do, but what are the future social and legal consequences of cloning, and can we learn to make fully grown clones or even duplicate our memories? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/yyed8UDeLM8 Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit http://www....
The Fermi Paradox: Rare Technology 31.10.2019 35:54
The Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, has many proposed solutions focusing on what might lower the odds of intelligent species arising on another world, or what might end technological civilizations or cause them to go unseen by us and our SETI efforts. But what if intelligence rarely leads to technological civilizations in the first place? Could there be countless plane...
The Fermi Paradox: Rare Technology (Narration Only) 31.10.2019 35:15
The Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, has many proposed solutions focusing on what might lower the odds of intelligent species arising on another world, or what might end technological civilizations or cause them to go unseen by us and our SETI efforts. But what if intelligence rarely leads to technological civilizations in the first place? Could there be countless plane...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 13 - October 27, 2019 27.10.2019 59:36
October 27, 2019 livestream Q&A Watch the Video Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RcR2ium…bjtlsLaqDwXQiR4mu Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: www.signil.com/sfia/ Social Media: Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Tw...
Mind-Machine Interfaces 24.10.2019 30:04
The ability to link mind and machine has long been the realm of science fiction, but now improvements in our understanding may allow us to network brain to computer in the near future. Companies like Neurolink have begun to explore how to link our neurons to machine, and we'll explore now such neural interfaces might function and how they might change our lives. Watch the video version: https://yo...
Mind-Machine Interfaces (Narration Only) 24.10.2019 29:33
The ability to link mind and machine has long been the realm of science fiction, but now improvements in our understanding may allow us to network brain to computer in the near future. Companies like Neurolink have begun to explore how to link our neurons to machine, and we'll explore now such neural interfaces might function and how they might change our lives. Watch the video version: https://yo...
The Butterfly Effect (Narration Only) 20.10.2019 15:50
The Butterfly Effect is the principle that notes that even the smallest actions can have sweeping effects on everything in the long term. Today we'll look at that effect and ask what it means toward chaos, inevitable events, fate, and free will itself. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/_8bgp0WKHOE Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/...
The Butterfly Effect 20.10.2019 16:19
The Butterfly Effect is the principle that notes that even the smallest actions can have sweeping effects on everything in the long term. Today we'll look at that effect and ask what it means toward chaos, inevitable events, fate, and free will itself. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/_8bgp0WKHOE Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/...
High Tech Search And Rescue 17.10.2019 25:50
When people get lost, stranded, or stuck in dangerous situations, we go and rescue them. Today we'll look at what new dangers may face us in the future and what new tools technology might offer us to improve survival chances. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/FX25MJsqQ_s Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit http://w...
High Tech Search And Rescue (Narration Only) 17.10.2019 25:18
When people get lost, stranded, or stuck in dangerous situations, we go and rescue them. Today we'll look at what new dangers may face us in the future and what new tools technology might offer us to improve survival chances. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/FX25MJsqQ_s Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit http://w...
Civilizations At The End Of Time Series Introduction 17.10.2019 2:50
An Introduction to SFIA's Civilizations at the End of Time series, looking at how we might go about surviving the end of the world, the end of all stars, and even entropy itself. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Winter On Venus 10.10.2019 31:33
Venus is a desolate scorching world on which no life can exist. Yet if it can be cooled down, there is no other planet we know of more suitable for terraforming and colonization. We will examine methods of cooling Venus down and preparing it to be settled in the future. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/mtTLj0E9ODc Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our...
Winter On Venus (Narration Only) 10.10.2019 30:49
Venus is a desolate scorching world on which no life can exist. Yet if it can be cooled down, there is no other planet we know of more suitable for terraforming and colonization. We will examine methods of cooling Venus down and preparing it to be settled in the future. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/mtTLj0E9ODc Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our...
Generation Ships Series Introduction 09.10.2019 3:08
An introduction and background on SFIA's Generation Ships & Interstellar Colonization Series See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Spacesuits (Narration Only) 03.10.2019 27:59
There's many dangerous places on Earth, and everywhere off Earth is downright lethal, from the emptiness of space to the airless and radiation soaked Moon to the smoldering inferno of Venus, humanity can't visit them without protection. We'll see what options for spacesuits are under works and what options might emerge for even better ones in the distant future. Watch the Video Version: https://yo...
Spacesuits 03.10.2019 28:20
There's many dangerous places on Earth, and everywhere off Earth is downright lethal, from the emptiness of space to the airless and radiation soaked Moon to the smoldering inferno of Venus, humanity can't visit them without protection. We'll see what options for spacesuits are under works and what options might emerge for even better ones in the distant future. Watch the Video Version: https://yo...
Outward Bound Series Intro 02.10.2019 3:39
An Introduction the Outward Bound series on Colonizing and Terraforming our Solar System and beyond See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Upward Bound Series Intro 02.10.2019 3:49
An Introduction to our Upward Bound Series looking at launch vehicles and megastructures for getting into Space, as well as some awesome projects we might engage in while up there. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
SFIA Monthly Livestream 12 - September 29, 2019 29.09.2019 1:00:44
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, August 25, 2019, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Get a free month of Curiosity Stream & now Nebula: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Catch the aduio-only show on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746 SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Visit our Website:...
Alien Civilizations Series Intro 29.09.2019 2:48
An Introduction to the Alien Civilization series. Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: www.signil.com/sfia/ Social Media: Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/15839... Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: discord.gg/53GA...
Fermi Paradox: Great Filters Series Intro 29.09.2019 2:56
An Introduction to the Fermi Paradox Great Filters series. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/15839... Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT...
Aloof Aliens 26.09.2019 28:54
Discussion of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations often hinges on the idea that they may have ascended to a higher state or higher level of reality, and lost interest in us and the rest of the galaxy. While we can't know what technologies or enlightened paths they might have available, we can ask how realistic the portrayals of those aliens might be, and if this notion make sense as a Fermi Pa...
Aloof Aliens (Narration Only) 26.09.2019 28:07
Discussion of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations often hinges on the idea that they may have ascended to a higher state or higher level of reality, and lost interest in us and the rest of the galaxy. While we can't know what technologies or enlightened paths they might have available, we can ask how realistic the portrayals of those aliens might be, and if this notion make sense as a Fermi Pa...
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