Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Could something in the future alter the past, so that effect came before cause? Does quantum mechanics truly allow this, as often hinted? If you love card games, definitely check out Doomlings. Click here and use code ISAAC20 to get 20% off of your copy of Doomlings! https://bit.ly/IsaacDoomlings Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g/joi...

In the future, fleets of unimaginable scope may battle over light years, in conflicts that might last milliseconds or entire centuries. Watch my exclusive video Jupiter Brains & Mega Minds: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-jupiter-brains-mega-minds Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for only $300...

Technology has shaped our civilization as it grew down the centuries, and since the industrial revolution, each new generation seems defined by some new technological revolution… So what will the next revolution be? If you love card games, definitely check out Doomlings. Click here and use code ISAAC20 to get 20% off of your copy of Doomlings! https://bit.ly/IsaacDoomlings Visit our Website: http:...

Many believe humanity's climb upward may have been assisted by outsiders. Is this possible, and if so, what does that tell us about our own past... and future? Watch my exclusive video Jupiter Brains & Mega Minds: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-jupiter-brains-mega-minds Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership...

We often wonder where all the vast and ancient alien civilizations are, but could it be that they've migrated far away in space or time, or even journeyed beyond our cosmos? Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial and 20% off their annual subscription. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g/join Visit our Websi...

Join us for a journey to a new world, as we explore what it would be like to lead a colony mission. Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial and 20% off their annual subscription. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g/join Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarth...

We so often hear of mining asteroids, but the Moon outmasses every known asteroid combined dozens of times over again, and is closer to Earth too. So what would life be like mining on the Moon? Watch my exclusive video Planetary Archives & Stasis Vaults: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-planetary-archives-stasis-vaults Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go...

We often try to distinguish between what is alive and what is a machine, and note that machines can't reproduce or fix themselves, but that may soon change. The first 150 people to join Planet Wild https://planetwild.com/r/isaacarthur/join/27, my code ISAAC27, will get their first month for free! Check out one of their missions: https://planetwild.com/r/isaacarthur/m17/27 Visit our Website: http:/...

Our universe is a strange place, with underlying rules we’re only just beginning to understand, but could the strangest thing of all about our Universe be that we are able to live here to observe it in the first place? The first 150 people to join Planet Wild https://planetwild.com/r/isaacarthur/join, my code ISAAC7, will get their first month for free! Check out one of their missions: https://pla...

When listen to void of space, we hear no alien signals, but could the galaxy be quiet because ancient empires slumber inside it? Watch my exclusive video Planetary Archives & Stasis Vaults: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-planetary-archives-stasis-vaults Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula f...

Space is huge, immense beyond our wildest dreams. In order to explore and settle it, we’ll need to learn to dream a lot bigger and bolder than ever before. Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial and 20% off their annual subscription. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g/join Visit our Website: http://www.isa...

We often contemplate cyborgs, people enhanced by machines, but what would a civilization built upon cybernetics be like? Watch my exclusive video Planetary Archives & Stasis Vaults: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-planetary-archives-stasis-vaults Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for only $300:...

The dangers of artificial intelligence have long loomed in our future, and seem ever closer. But it may be that the dangers of the future can reach back into the past itself, and even without a time machine. Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial and 20% off their annual subscription. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM...

An extended exploration of what science tells us about free will and consciousness in a quantum universe, including Sir Roger Penrose's theory of Orchestrated Objective Reduction. Watch my exclusive video ISRU: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-isru-insitu-resource-utilization Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership...

Earth is immense, but we only live on a thin shell of its surface. So what if we built a planet with only that thin shell, or with several layers of them? Use code isaacarthur at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Support us on Patreon: https:/...

What if dinosaurs have survived the asteroid impact? Could we have seen a shared dino-mammal ecology, or even intelligent dinosaurs? Watch my exclusive video ISRU: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-isru-insitu-resource-utilization Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for only $300: https://go.nebula.tv/...

As we reach out to the stars and settle other worlds, could we find or create ones even better for humanity than Earth? Use code isaacarthur at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/isaacarthur Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g/join Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Ne...

The galaxy has many stars orbited by many planets, and many of these are orbited by immense icy moons, but could others have oceans on their surface, or even life? Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial and 20% off their annual subscription. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Support us on Patreon: https://www.pa...

Many fear future technologies may doom our civilization, but could the pursuit of technology, and civilization itself, be what dooms humanity? Watch my exclusive video ISRU: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-isru-insitu-resource-utilization Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for only $300: https://go....

We all dream of a future in space, but it will take a lot of work to get there and more to make it a place we can visit and live. Of course, where there’s work to be done, there’s jobs to be had. Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial and 20% off their annual subscription. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54...

Ganymede is an enormous moon, larger than any other we’ve found, including our own, and may one day be the centerpiece of wider human settlements around Jupiter. Go to https://hensonshaving.com/isaacarthur and enter "isaacarthur" at checkout to get 100 free blades with your purchase. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Support us on Patreon:...

One day we may settle thousands of planets and trade between them, but what would a space freighter be like, who would crew them, and what would they carry? Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial and 20% off their annual subscription. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.c...

We think very highly of the human brain, after all, it's what lets us think about anything in the first place, but Nature is vast, and our primate brains are not the end-all and be-all of neural engineering. Go to https://hensonshaving.com/isaacarthur and enter "isaacarthur" at checkout to get 100 free blades with your purchase.  Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.c...

One day our civilization may settle our whole galaxy, with mighty star empires consisting of millions if not billions of worlds, but what would the centers of such empires be like? Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial and 20% off their annual subscription. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g/join Visit ou...

We often imagine encountering many alien civilizations, and establishing trade and relationships with them, but what would being an alien ambassador be like? Watch my exclusive video Machine Monitors: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-machine-monitors Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for only $300:...