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- What if we could make gasoline from air? We explore how carbon dioxide, water, and electricity can become synthetic gasoline, jet fuel, rocket propellant, plastics, and more.
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Making Gasoline from Air - The Science of Synthetic Fuel
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Editors: Jason Snyder & Yoel Mizrachi
Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
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See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. - What happens when time stops being scarce? From nanobots to mind uploads, we explore the economy of immortality... and what it costs to live forever.
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The Economics of Immortality
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Editors: Thomas Owens
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Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. - What happens when time stops being scarce? From nanobots to mind uploads, we explore the economy of immortality... and what it costs to live forever.
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Credits:
The Economics of Immortality
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Editors: Thomas Owens
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. - Would we ever colonize space with prisoners? From penal colonies to prison planets, we explore whether exile could become a second chance, a new civilization, or a nightmare with rockets.
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The Prison Planet Problem - Exiled to Space
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
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Chapters
Intro
2:30 The Old Logic in a New Sky
6:45 The Prison Planet as a Phase
11:23 Would We Ever Need Prisoner Colonists?
16:13 Punishment, Pardon, or Purpose?
19:33 The Second Wave
24:52 Mad Kings
25:57 The Dark Version, and the Better One
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. - Would we ever colonize space with prisoners? From penal colonies to prison planets, we explore whether exile could become a second chance, a new civilization, or a nightmare with rockets.
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Credits:
The Prison Planet Problem - Exiled to Space
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Chapters
Intro
2:30 The Old Logic in a New Sky
6:45 The Prison Planet as a Phase
11:23 Would We Ever Need Prisoner Colonists?
16:13 Punishment, Pardon, or Purpose?
19:33 The Second Wave
24:52 Mad Kings
25:57 The Dark Version, and the Better One
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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur explores humanity’s long-term future through space exploration, advanced technology, and big-picture science. Hosted by National Space Society President Isaac Arthur, each episode uses real science and careful speculation to examine space colonization, megastructures, artificial intelligence, post-scarcity economies, and the physics shaping civilization beyond Earth.
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