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Building a Dyson Swarm... from Scratch
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Graphics: Bryan Versteeg, Jeremy Jozwik, Ken York Sergio Botero
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Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

Chapters
0:00 Intro What Is a Dyson Swarm?
5:49 Gathering the Materials
9:40 Proto-Swarm: Our First Steps
13:05 Mining the Solar System
14:33 Beyond Mercury: The True Scale of the Swarm
19:10 Ghosts of Friendship Past
20:34 Building Habitats: How Much Mass Do We Really Need?
27:42 The Long Dawn of a Stellar Civilization

Building a Dyson Swarm from Scratch (Narration Only)

Such a fleeting and ethereal thing, won't even survive being tightly held in one's grasp. And yet, while easily smothered, it never truly dies. It only becomes more real in its absence, and somehow, it always finds its way back to you again.

After all the worldly wealth and power will have crumbled to nothing, all the flames burnt out and all waters dried away, sit down on the last piece of rock, open your palm and close your eyes. It will be there, waiting for you.

Building a Dyson Swarm from Scratch (Narration Only)

Isaac Arthur

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