Imagine a scale that ranks civilizations not by their borders or technology, but by the sheer energy they command— some spanning entire galaxies. Join us as we explore the Kardashev Scale, the ultimate measure of cosmic power.


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The Kardashev Scale & Population
Episode 486; February 13, 2025
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Editors: Ludwig Luska
Graphics: Fishy Tree, Jeremy Jozwik, Ken York YD Visual
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Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Phase Shift, "Forest Night"
Chris Zabriskie, "Unfoldment, Revealment", "A New Day in a New Sector", "Oxygen Garden"
Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Billions and Billions"

The Kardashev Scale & Population

The Kardashev Scale & Population (Narration Only)

This music is part of the playlist category : Dyson Sphere Program

This "Ocean" is a cover of the background music that's in the game. This one has lyrics.

It is licensed in CC. Feel free to use it to any of your projects.

Lyrics
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Drifting slow, on silver tide
Waves beneath and, stars collide
The night is deep, the world is wide
And I forget, the need to hide
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Where blue fabric meets, the sky
Hearing the silence, passing by
Moonlight dances, in your eyes
But you're a shadow, in the tide
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Where the water meets the sky
I let the endless, question lie
Every ripple, every sigh
Feels like a distant, fading cry
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The Ocean hums, a lullaby
Calling softly, but never why
Memories float, and slowly fly
Like constellations, passing by
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I close my eyes, the sea takes me
To places I, no longer see
The stars above, they seem to be
The only ones who, still know me
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The sea remembers, every name
But never speaks them, all the same
The stars just shimmer, out of frame
Like promises, we never claim
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Where the water meets, the sky
Watch the world from, way up high
Still adrift, but now I try
To leave behind, the reasons why

Dyson Sphere Program : Ocean (Lyrical Cover Version)

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This "Breeze" is a cover of the background music that's in the game. This one has lyrics.

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Lyrics
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Breathe in as the skies is wide
Clouds drift the winds that guide
The oceans hum a distant tune
Underneath this gloomy silver moon
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Every wave is a memory
Soft as thought and wild as sea
Starlight paints the water's face
And time begins to lose its place
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The breeze will take me far from here
To places bright and crystal clear
No path, no map, just open air
And all I know is everywhere
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I hear your voice upon the tide
A lullaby the stars once cried
And though the world may drift and fade
The ocean knows the vow we made

Dyson Sphere Program : Breeze (Lyrical Cover Version)

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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)

Building a Dyson Swarm from Scratch

This music is part of the playlist category : Dyson Sphere Program

This "Set Sail" is a cover of the background music that's in the game. This one has lyrics.

It is licensed in CC. Feel free to use it to any of your projects.

Lyrics
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Engines carry me against the dark...
Breaking away from the galaxy's spark...
These metal wings soars and ignite...
A course was drawn into the light...
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Planets turned... Horizons call
Through the void... you must stand tall.
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Set sail across the endless stars...
A journey bound for realms afar...
Around the sun its orbit spins...
A space where the light begins...
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Nebulas drifted in radiant streams...
Galaxies shimmer with silent dreams...
Gravity bends but can’t restrain,
The endless path it must sustain.
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Echoes heard... in nebulan streams,
Vessels soared... these endless dreams. 
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Set sail across the endless stars...
A journey bound for realms afar...
Around the sun its orbit spins...
A space where the light begins...

Dyson Sphere Program : Set Sail (Lyrical Cover Version)

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This "Electron Cell" is a cover of the background music that's in the game. This one has lyrics.

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Lyrics
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Across the quiet stellar planes,
Steel and wire replace the mains.
Circuits drawn on etch ground,
In perfect order, life was found.
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Drones align in patient rows,
Each command, the task they knows.
No voice is raised, no engine roars,
Just flashing lights and opened doors.
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Power flows from star to core,
Light becomes the planet's lore.
What once was void, now yields a plan,
A lattice drawn by unseen hands.
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Beneath the stars, a pulse is born,
Through belts and ports, the world was formed.
No haste, no chaos, and only grace
A dance of gears in timeless space.
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Assemblers hum in metered pace,
A song of work, devoid of race.
Not rushed, not loud, but ever sure
A future built to long endure.
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Beneath the stars, the silence sings,
Of metal wirings and solar rings.
A dream unfolded from calculated tools
Where logic reigns, a system that rules.

Dyson Sphere Program : Electron Cell (Lyrical Cover Version)

A Dyson Swarm isn’t just power—it’s prosperity. See how humanity could turn a star’s energy into a solar-scale economy of trillions.

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Dyson Spheres and Solar Commerce: The Birth of a Stellar Economy (Narration Only)

Dyson Spheres and Solar Commerce: The Birth of a Stellar Economy

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