Megastructures of the future may range in size from cities to entire galaxies, and must be built to withstand damage and time, but how is this done and what happens when a megastructure dies?

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Megastructure Death
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 308, September 16, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
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Curt Hartung
Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus

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Megastructure Death

Many dream of a future with lots of money, other where currency is a thing of the past, a prosperous post-scarcity civilization, but could such a future be possible? And what would a society without money be like?

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A Future Without Money
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 310, September 30, 2021

Written by Isaac Arthur & Jerry Guern 

Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Dillon Olander
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus
Konstantin Sokerin

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A Future Without Money (Narration Only)

Advances in farming have let us feed billions. The future of agriculture offers many more innovations in robotics, hydroponics, aquaponics, aeroponics, greenhouses, and more... but will it be a future of mega-farms or small farms?

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The Future of Farming
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 312, October 14, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Jason Burbank

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The Future Of Farming (Narration Only)

The Future Of Farming

We often imagine that our planet might be a sentient entity - Gaia - but could something like this evolve under known science? And might a conscious world be something we might create in the future?

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Sentient Planets & World Consciousnesses
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 312a, October 17, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Jerry Guern

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Sentient Planets & World Consciousnesses (Narration Only)

Sentient Planets & World Consciousnesses

Science Fiction often shows us aliens who look much like humans, and suggest this is a result of convergent evolution to useful traits. But is such convergence to the human form or mind likely with extraterrestrial life?

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Convergent Evolution
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 313, October 21, 2021

Written by:
Curt Hartung
Isaac Arthur

Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Keith Blockus

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Convergent Evolution

Artificial Intelligence offers many challenges, including criminals using AI to break the law, but also of AI, robots, and androids becoming criminals themselves.

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Criminal AI
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 314, October 28, 2021

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Jerry Guern

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Criminal AI (Narration Only)

For centuries we've sailed from ports across the deep blue sea, and to sail into the ocean of the night to new worlds and stars, we will need some Space Ports.

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Spaceports: Ascending to the Stars
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 315, November 4, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Spaceports: Ascending To The Stars (Narration Only)

Whether its pioneering spirit and an urge to explore or a chance to make a fortune or new life out in space, colonization of our solar system may pursue many strategies across many new worlds.

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Solar System Colonization Strategies
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 316, November 11, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Solar System Colonization Strategies (Narration Only)

Many feel Humanity walks a thin line between needing ambition to develop and being so aggressive we destroy ourselves. Could aliens civilizations exist that were even more belligerent than us?

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Alien Civilizations: Belligerent Aliens
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 317; November 18, 2021
Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Matthew Campbell

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