Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Over the centuries humanity has tried many versions of government and many variations on each type, today we will examine how technology and space colonization might impact what types of governments we use in the future. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/8ZMqvjrp5ec Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on...

The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, SETI, relies on looking for signals from distant alien worlds where even very powerful signals can weaken to near nothing. We'll explore today how we, or extraterrestrials, might get around this problem, be it by immense star-powered transmitters or by using laser communication beams. Part 2 on The Exoplanets Channel: https://youtu.be/04AIXj78nJ0 Part...

Our future in space may be one of millions or even trillions of vast space station, space habitats, and megastructures. How would a space-faring civilization going about traveling around such an immense solar empire? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/UWaBW-J5L6E Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patr...

Superconductors offer us a path to high-efficiency, low-loss power and energy, but the impact they'll have on our civilization through other technologies may be far greater, and we'll explore the science or superconductivity works and what future technology it will of us. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/uq2b4BqKswg Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacar...

Science fiction often shows us post-apocalyptic future civilizations with techno-barbarians running around in fur & hides but carrying laser weapons or other advanced technology. But how plausible is such a civilizations and what would it actually be like? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/t5A8KjmVpgM Go to https://buyraycon.com/isaacarthur for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon....

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If the Universe is inhabited by older alien civilizations, those who have ventured out to the stars and colonized galaxies, we would expect to see a footprint of extraterrestrial activity. Could the many stars whose brightness has dimmed be indicative of Dyson Spheres or other Megastructures? Could the Cosmic Voids vastly bigger than any galaxy be the work of even greater and older starfaring spec...

Our solar system contains many planets, moons, and asteroid that we may one day call home, but the future might instead be artificial space habitats, stations, and megastructures of vast size and numbers, using all those celestial bodies as raw materials to be dismantled for construction. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/xaTUTRjMBBA Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/Isaa...

Our future lies out among the planets and stars, but to climb out in to space we must take many steps to get off, and today we'll look at those first steps to becoming spacefaring species. From cheaper rockets & space stations to asteroid mining & defense to space tourism & commercialization, we've a long road ahead, but we have a roadmap. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/_Ihdb8-h5Ek Get...

Science fiction loves to show us disembodied heads or brains floating in jars, but could this be one route to extending our lives? Or could you already be one living in false reality? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/0xkpRTXQf1s Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Isaa...

Mankind's future is among the stars, but not necessarily on other planets. Instead we might forge giant space stations that are entire artificial worlds, and today we'll explore some of those megastructure designs, like the McKendree Cylinder, Bishop Rings, Banks Orbital, Topopolis, and more. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/tqs1iQlvV-g Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiosi...

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Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, and other hyper-strong materials have generated great interest in recent years, but how do they actually work and what will their impact on our future be? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/2pocV0wKzEw The first 1000 people who click the link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur18 Check out Evan's Book: https://www.amazon.com/B...

As we head out into space we can expect to see crimes and a need for laws and someone to enforce them. Today we'll examine the notion of Space Police and future crime and law enforcement. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/8aNqpKmRn5o Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/...

Artificial Intelligence seems nearer everyday, and many people worry about a conflict between us and robots & computer minds, but what would life be like After AI? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/jr3Ewkfvvm4 Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook Gro...

As ancient and vast as the Universe is, it seems like some alien race arose in the galaxy long before us, but who rose before them? What would the cosmos be like for the first civilization to arise, and what if it is us? Watch the Video version: https://youtu.be/CO1AfnRUgI0 Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit http://www.au...

Jupiter is an enormous gas giant, more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined... and yet small compared to our Sun and other Stellar Objects. Could Jupiter be turned into a second sun via advanced technology? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/WVB6ajJ4mzg Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net S...

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Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, February 23, 2020, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media: Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twi...

Antimatter represents both the most powerful weapon and most powerful fuel for a future humanity, if we can ever learn to make it efficiently and store it safely. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/OeJI3LUJzlA Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchand...

Ancient cultures long thought the Sun had a mind of it's own, but could life form in stars by nature or exist by artificial origins, and what would star with a mind of its own be like? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/L_3CMve_gHI Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.pat...

Parallel Universes, Multiverses, Alternate Timeline & Realities are the focus of many theories of physics and popular science & science fiction. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/jK46WwMGF54 Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Visit our Website: http://www.is...

In the future we might see the rise of minds entirely on computers, be it uploaded humans, transhumans, or artificial intelligence. But what would such an existence be like? Would they interact with our world or live in entirely virtual realities or simulated universes? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/xlLGgu72vyY Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our...

As humanity reaches out to the stars and make new homes on strange new worlds, how will our genetics & DNA change under those alien planets? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/wfNapnb-Jwc The first 1000 people who click the link in the description will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur16 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: h...

The future of humanity might be one of unrivaled prosperity - a post-scarcity civilization - of abundant power, advanced automation and robotics, and sophisticated artificial intelligence helping boost efficiency to all economic sectors. But what would such an economy look like, and what challenges might we face getting there? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/ztrG20lZRvA Visit our sponsor...