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If everything is free, what’s still worth striving for? From replicators to reputation, we examine the surprising economics of a post-scarcity world.
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Credits:
The Economics of a Post-Scarcity Universe - What Happens When Everything Is Free?
Episode 730; July 3, 2025
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images 
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:02 What Post-Scarcity Means Economically
5:10 Incentives Without Scarcity
8:17 Distribution, Duty, and Designed Idleness
14:27 Ownership and Property in a Post-Scarcity Economy
20:03 The Star Trek Economy & the Myth of a Moneyless Society
22:58 Wealth, Inheritance & Intergenerational Power
27:57 Upward Mobility and Inequality
29:02 Economic Failure Modes in Post-Scarcity
30:35 Where Economics Still Matters
33:02 The Infinite Price of a Meaningful Life

The Economics of a Post-Scarcity Universe - What Happens When Everything Is Free?

This series takes a look at concepts for everything from Terraforming Planets and Interstellar Colonization to more down to Earth matters like Arcologies and Planet Wide Cities before examining using black holes as power sources for starships.We then leap into the far distance future at the end of time to examine civilizations surviving around black holes after all the stars have died out.
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CS01 - Arcologies

The first installment in a new series discussing alternative means of getting in space, from better rockets to massive structures like Space Elevators, Skyhooks, and Launch Loops.

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Music by
Intro/Outro:
Sergey Cheremisinov
"Sirius"
Kai Engel
"Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Koalips
"Kvazar"
Frank Dorittke
"Morninglight"
Kevin MacLeod
"Spacial Winds"

Upward Bound: Getting into Space

In this episode we examine the concept of a Space Elevator, a popular piece of developing technology designed to lift people and cargo into space at a fraction of normal launch costs. We will look at technology as well as many of the misconceptions about Space Elevators which have emerged.

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/dc8_AuzeYKE

"The physics of the space elevator", P. K. Aravind:
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d402/ba5f97884b7398ae2a1ff79136f9c1a03993.pdf

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Music by
Intro/Outro:
Sergey Cheremisinov
"Sirius"
Kai Engel
"Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Koalips
"Kvazar"
Frank Dorittke
"Morninglight"
Kevin MacLeod
"Spacial Winds"
Lombus
"Amino"
Cory Gray
"Technological 1"

Upward Bound: Space Elevators

This episode begins our look at solutions to the Fermi Paradox - the question of why the Universe appears empty of intelligent life besides ourselves - by looking at some of the reasons why life may simply be very uncommon. Before we can contemplate what might be special about Earth, we first need to consider what might be special about our region of space, and even our epoch of time, or our Universe itself.

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Cover Art by Jakub Grygier: https://www.artstation.com/artist/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team:
Jarred Eagley
Katie Byrne
Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Luca de Rosa
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Steve Cardon
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"
AJ Prasad, "Aether"
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"
Dan McLeod, NeptuneUK, "Mysterious Universe"
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"

Great Filters: Space & Time

We conclude our look at possible explanations why life may be very rare in the Universe by looking at the evolutionary pathway to intelligence and the hurdles between life starting on a planet and migrating off of it. 

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Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland of Mafic Stufios: www.maficstudios.com
Misho Yordanov
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero: https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Steve Cardon
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"
AJ Prasad, "Aether"
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"
Dan McLeod, NeptuneUK,
"Mysterious Universe"
AJ Prasad,
"Staring Through"

Rare Intelligence

The concept of enhancing and augmenting animal minds & bodies to be able to use and understand human technology, known as Uplifting, has long fascinated us. Today in this two-part collaboration with John Michael Godier, we will explore this concept as well as the possibility of using such technology with alien races, the polar opposite of the classic Star Trek Prime Directive.

Watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/QzaYnrrEKbU
Watch Part 2: https://youtu.be/wfDHt68-ANU

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Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland
Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Dexter Britain, "Seeing the Future"
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth"
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"
Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars"
Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 8"
Dexter Britain, "Seeing the Future"
Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 5"
Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 7"
Kai Engel, "Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 3"
Kevin McLeod, "Space Xplorers"

Uplifting

The possibility of Artificial Intelligence turning on humanity has been a concern for as long as we've had computers. Today we will look at some of those fears and see which ones might be valid and which might not be cause for alarm.

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Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland
Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Keith Blockus
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Tiffany Penner

Music
AJ Prasad, "Cold Shadows"
Lee Rosevere, "It's such a beautiful day"
Kai Engel, "Morbid Imagination"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Jump in Infinity"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"
Kai Engel, "Crying Earth"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth"
Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm"
Lombus, "Doppler Shores"

Machine Rebellion

The concept of linking many minds together to act in concert, or even fuse into a new singular entity, has been popular in science fiction for decades. Today we will explore the idea and Networked Intelligence in general, to see how realistic it is, and what benefits or concerns might arise from it.

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Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland
Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Tiffany Penner

Music
AJ Prasad, "Cold Shadows"
Lee Rosevere, "It's such a beautiful day"
Kai Engel, "Morbid Imagination"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Jump in Infinity"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"
Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm"

Hive Minds

We contemplate colonizing planets, but what about the stars themselves?
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Containing virtually all the mass and resources of the solar system, the Sun, the Sun is the ultimate asset for a growing interplanetary civilization. While typically assumed too hot to touch and so out of our reach, we will challenge that notion today.

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Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jeremy Jozwik
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland/Mafic Studios: http://www.maficstudios.com
Luuk Warringa
Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Nick Talmers Nieuwoudt
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Keith Blockus
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Steve Cardon
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars"
Chris Zabriskie, "I should have been more human"
Miguel Johnson, "Exodus"
Miguel Johnson, "A Planet Found"
A.J. Prasad, "Aether"

Colonizing the Sun

A discussion of various theories for the End of the Universe.
How the Universe began and why is a question that's obsessed humanity for at least as long as civilization has existed, at the same time, how it will end has equally fascinated us. Today we are joined by Astrophysicist Paul Sutter for a two-part episode looking at the science and history of how the Universe came to be and may end. 

Watch the video version, part 1: https://youtu.be/rpA-Bd0d6kw
Watch part 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLTb0V1BGNw

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Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jeremy Jozwik
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland/Mafic Studios: http://www.maficstudios.com
Luuk Warringa
Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Nick Talmers Nieuwoudt
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Keith Blockus
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Steve Cardon
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Leaving the Galaxy"
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars"
Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran"
A.J. Prasad, "Aether"

The Compendium Of Doom

Ever since we started finding fossils of long extinct species we've dreamed of getting to meet them, either by finding some secluded group of survivors, using a time machine, or resurrecting them. As our knowledge of genetics grows, this last option is fast approaching as a possible reality and raises many additional concerns about the technical and ethical challenges, not least of which is where to put them, with their former environments now used by people or other critters. We will examine these challenges today.

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Writers:
Isaac Arthur
Laura Graham
Eustratius Graham
Mark Warburton

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Script Editors:
Gregory Leal
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker
Naomi Kern
Sigmund Kopperud

Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland of Mafic Stufios: www.maficstudios.com
Misho Yordanov
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero: https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Stefan Blandin

Music:
Miguel Johnson, "The Commanders"
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth"
A.J. Prasad, "Staring through the cracks in reality, part 2"
Brandow Liew, "Into the Storm"

De-Extinction: Resurrecting the Past

A journey out to the stars to colonize Alpha Centauri
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We've looked at colonizing our own solar system, from Mars to Venus, and all the way inward to the Sun itself and out to the dark edges of the Oort Cloud. In this episode we conclude the Outward Bound Series by heading to our nearest neighboring star system, Alpha Centauri, and look at the trials and tribulations of colonizing binary star systems and red dwarves.

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Script Editing
Andy P
Finrod Felagund
Gregory Leal
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker
N Kern
Sigmund Kopperud (Wicked Woxel)



Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jeremy Jozwik
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland of Mafic Stufios: www.maficstudios.com
Luuk Warringa
Mihail Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Nick Talmers Nieuwoudt
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero: https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Stefan Blandin

Music Supervisor
Luca De Rosa

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Evan King, "Altered Carbon"
Evan King , "Overwatch"
Ender Guney, "Epic Cinematic Trailer"
NJ Mandaville, "Plagal"
Koalips, "Kvazar"
Phase Shift, "Mystic Forest"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Jump In Infinity"
Dan MCLeod, "Stargazers"
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis" 
Aerium, "Fifth star of Aldebaran"

In memory of Link 
(2008 – Feb 20, 2018)
You will be missed my furry friend

Colonizing Alpha Centauri

A look at Worldbuilding in science fiction, and discussing writing and development

Check out the companion videos with Legion Tech studios:
Full Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrUvtdg-Mk0&list=PLEGMUt83iL3shDrIEpgeWeK-MdD1T8j4M
1 - Worldbuilding in Scifi: https://youtu.be/HrUvtdg-Mk0
2 - Character & Roleplaying: https://youtu.be/r8pIA2z2EZs
3 - Ship Design in Hades 9: https://youtu.be/h0Cdosr_eIA
4 - In the Beginning: https://youtu.be/cHqBXnpr1lI
HADES 9 Website: https://hades9.com

Worldbuilding

Teleportation is a staple of science fiction, and today we will examine the idea to see if there are any ways under known science that might permit it, as well as discuss some novel uses for the technology that tend to be overlooked.

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Script Editors
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker

Music Supervisor
Luca De Rosa - lucaderosa2@live.com 

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Mobilize the Fleets" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Markus Junnikkala, 
"A Proud and Noble People"
Dexter Britain, "The Stars Are Out Interlude" https://dexterbritain.com
Kai Engel, "Snowfall Intro" https://soundcloud.com/anton-stanislavovich-fedchenkov
Koalips, "Kvazar" https://myspace.com/koalipsrus
Denny Schneidemesser, "Across the Universe" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser

Teleportation

Many of the strongest limitations on our technology and civilization at this time are from problems moving energy around with us, in a way which is light, energy dense, and cheap. Today we'll look at some ways we might increase that vastly, and challenges to do that and the impact such dense portable power would have.

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Writers
Isaac Arthur
Mark Warburton
Stuart Graham

Script Editors
Darius Said
Edward Nardella
Keith Blockus
N Kern

Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland of Mafic Stufios: www.maficstudios.com
Misho Yordanov
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero: https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Stefan Blandin

Music Supervisor
Luca De Rosa - lucaderosa2@live.com 

Music:
Dracovallis, "Dragonwings"
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"
Aerium, "Cave light emerging"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Glow in Space"
Miguel Johnson, "Planet Annihilated"
Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder One"
Ayreon, "Fluctuations"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth"
Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me The Odds"
Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm"

Portable Power

Space is an incredibly harsh and immense environment absent of everything we need to live, and abundant only in harsh radiation and dangerous micro-meteors. Today we will examine how those will impact humans who come to dwell on space ships or habitats.

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Surviving in the Expanse of Space
Season 4, Episode 15

Writers
Isaac Arthur

Editors
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
N Kern

Producer
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist
Jakub Grygier

Graphics Team
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Luuk Warringa
Nick Nieuwoudt
Sam McNamara
Sergio Botero: https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc 

Narrator
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager
Luca De Rosa - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Denny Schneidemesser, "Novus Aeterno Bridge Ambience" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser
A.J. Prasad, "Staring Through" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ2I19QUIXA

Surviving In The Expanse Of Space

Astronomers have been looking for signs of extraterrestrial signals for decades, and not yet found any. Today we will examine the notion of Interstellar Beacons and ask just how far away you can be heard if you want to be.

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Credits & Notes:
Alien Beacons
Season 4, Episode 17

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Edward Nardella
Keith Blockus
Jerry Guern
Mark Warburton
Sigmund Kopperud

Producer
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist
Jakub Grygier
https://www.artstation.com/artist/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team:
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Justin Dixon
Luuk Warringa
Nick Nieuwoudt
Sergio Botero: https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager: 
Luca De Rosa - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Mobilize The Fleets" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Aerium, "2 Drowned Holodecks" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Denny Schneidemesser, "Echoes" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser
Miguel Johnson, "Alone in the Dark" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic
Dan Macleod, "The End" https://neptuneuk.bandcamp.com/track/imperium
Markus Junnikkala,
"They Muddy the Water" 
Aerium, "Parks"
Denny Schneidemesser, "Acervus Vastatio"

Alien Beacons

This episode begins an in-depth look at Post-Scarcity Civilizations, seeming Utopias where virtually anything is available to its citizens at the snap of their fingers. One of the exceptions to that may be privacy,  which might be inherently impossible in such a society, and we will explore that challenge as we begin our series on such civilizations.

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Credits & Notes:
Post-Scarcity Civilizations & Privacy
Season 4, Episode 18

Writer:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Edward Nardella

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier

Graphics
Jeremy Jozwik
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager
Luca De Rosa  lucaderosa2@live.com

Dracovallis, "Cynthia" https://dracovallis.bandcamp.com/
Markus Junnikkala, "Why do you wake up so early" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Chris Zabriskie, "The 49th Street Galleria" http://chriszabriskie.com
Sergey Cheremisinov, "The Loneliness" https://sergeycheremisinov.bandcamp.com/
Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Kai Engel, "Machinery" 
AJ Prasad, "Cold Shadow" https://thedarkfuture.bandcamp.com/track/ther
Markus Junnikkala, "The Time That Is Given To Us" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

Post-Scarcity Civilization-and-Privacy

Isaac Arthur