Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

What if we built entire planets around tiny black holes? Explore engineered micro worlds, artificial gravity, and the future of compact megastructures.Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthurWatch my exclusive video Lazarus Protocols: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-lazarus-protocols-reviving-civilizations-after-extinctionCheck out Practical Engineering: https://nebula.tv/practical-engineering?ref=isaacarthur🛒 SFIA Merchandise: https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/🌐 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur⭐ Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur👥 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/📣 Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/🐦 Follow on Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur💬 SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShECredits:Micro Planets - Building Artificial Worlds with Black Hole CoresWritten, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac ArthurGraphics from Jeremy Jozwik & Ken YorkMusic Courtesy of Chris Zabriskie & StellardroneSelect imagery/video supplied by Getty ImagesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What if we built entire planets around tiny black holes? Explore engineered micro worlds, artificial gravity, and the future of compact megastructures.Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthurWatch my exclusive video Lazarus Protocols: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-lazarus-protocols-reviving-civilizations-after-extinctionCheck out Practical Engineering: https://nebula.tv/practical-engineering?ref=isaacarthur🛒 SFIA Merchandise: https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/🌐 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur⭐ Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur👥 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/📣 Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/🐦 Follow on Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur💬 SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShECredits:Micro Planets - Building Artificial Worlds with Black Hole CoresWritten, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac ArthurGraphics from Jeremy Jozwik & Ken YorkMusic Courtesy of Chris Zabriskie & StellardroneSelect imagery/video supplied by Getty ImagesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Colonizing brown dwarfs: habitats, megastructures, and hidden homes around failed stars. Could these dim embers power civilizations for trillions of years?Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthurWatch my exclusive video Lazarus Protocols: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-lazarus-protocols-reviving-civilizations-after-extinctionCheck out 17 Pages: https://nebula.tv/17pages?ref=isaacarthurand A Bit Obscure https://nebula.tv/abitfrank/a-bit-obscure?ref=isaacarthur🛒 SFIA Merchandise: https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/🌐 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur⭐ Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur👥 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/📣 Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/🐦 Follow on Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur💬 SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShECredits:Colonizing Brown Dwarfs – Life Around Failed StarsWritten, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac ArthurGraphics from Fishy Tree, Jeremy Jozwik, Udo SchroeterMusic Courtesy of Chris Zabriskie & StellardroneSelect imagery/video supplied by Getty ImagesChapters0:00 Intro1:56 WHAT A BROWN DWARF IS7:15 L Dwarfs11:57 T-Dwarfs17:04 Nebula18:15 Habitable Zones22:12 MegastructuresSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Colonizing brown dwarfs: habitats, megastructures, and hidden homes around failed stars. Could these dim embers power civilizations for trillions of years?Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthurWatch my exclusive video Lazarus Protocols: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-lazarus-protocols-reviving-civilizations-after-extinctionCheck out 17 Pages: https://nebula.tv/17pages?ref=isaacarthurand A Bit Obscure https://nebula.tv/abitfrank/a-bit-obscure?ref=isaacarthur🛒 SFIA Merchandise: https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/🌐 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur⭐ Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur👥 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/📣 Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/🐦 Follow on Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur💬 SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShECredits:Colonizing Brown Dwarfs – Life Around Failed StarsWritten, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac ArthurGraphics from Fishy Tree, Jeremy Jozwik, Udo SchroeterMusic Courtesy of Chris Zabriskie & StellardroneSelect imagery/video supplied by Getty ImagesChapters0:00 Intro1:56 WHAT A BROWN DWARF IS7:15 L Dwarfs11:57 T-Dwarfs17:04 Nebula18:15 Habitable Zones22:12 MegastructuresSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

From Goddard’s first rocket to space elevators and mass drivers, we explore 100 years of rocketry—and the launch technologies that could carry humanity beyond rockets.Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthurWatch my exclusive video Lazarus Protocols: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-lazarus-protocols-reviving-civilizations-after-extinctionCheck out Day Pass: https://nebula.tv/daypass?ref=isaacarthur🚀 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g/join🛒 SFIA Merchandise: https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/🌐 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net🎬 Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur⭐ Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur👥 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/📣 Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/🐦 Follow on Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur💬 SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShECredits: Beyond Rockets - 100 Years of Rocketry and What Comes NextWritten, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac ArthurEditor: Charles SlatkinSelect imagery/video supplied by Getty ImagesChapters0:00 Intro1:48 The Pioneering Century5:49 The Physics of Rockets8:20 The Coming Revolution in Launch Systems11:50 Beyond Rockets — The Alternative Gateways to Space12:26 Space Elevators13:49 Skyhooks and Rotovators15:04 Orbital Rings17:58 Mass Drivers and Coilguns19:05 Nebula20:18 Launch Loops and Dynamic Tethers21:13 High-Altitude and Hybrid Launch Systems22:39 Toward a Post-Rocket Civilization23:15 The Road Ahead — Humanity’s Next Launch CenturySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

From Goddard’s first rocket to space elevators and mass drivers, we explore 100 years of rocketry—and the launch technologies that could carry humanity beyond rockets.Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthurWatch my exclusive video Lazarus Protocols: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-lazarus-protocols-reviving-civilizations-after-extinctionCheck out Day Pass: https://nebula.tv/daypass?ref=isaacarthur🚀 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g/join🛒 SFIA Merchandise: https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/🌐 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net🎬 Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur⭐ Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur👥 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/📣 Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/🐦 Follow on Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur💬 SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShECredits: Beyond Rockets - 100 Years of Rocketry and What Comes NextWritten, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac ArthurEditor: Charles SlatkinSelect imagery/video supplied by Getty ImagesChapters0:00 Intro1:48 The Pioneering Century5:49 The Physics of Rockets8:20 The Coming Revolution in Launch Systems11:50 Beyond Rockets — The Alternative Gateways to Space12:26 Space Elevators13:49 Skyhooks and Rotovators15:04 Orbital Rings17:58 Mass Drivers and Coilguns19:05 Nebula20:18 Launch Loops and Dynamic Tethers21:13 High-Altitude and Hybrid Launch Systems22:39 Toward a Post-Rocket Civilization23:15 The Road Ahead — Humanity’s Next Launch CenturySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A deep dive into what it means for algorithms to run prices, markets, and growth in real time. Short scenes on how fragmented automations can close into a single self-optimizing system. Discussion of labor disappearing, options like universal support or enforced work, and the risks of freezing contested values into permanent code. Exploration of power shifts as governments and code controllers vie for economic sovereignty.

A tour of what it looks like when algorithms coordinate prices, wages, and resource allocation in real time. Short scenes on markets turning into predictive simulations and the feedback loops that make an economy self-running. Discussion of mass job redundancy, policy power shifting into code, and whether humans can meaningfully stay in control.

What if alien life isn’t carbon at all? Imagine crystal organisms growing across deserts, powered by lightning and forming vast mineral ecosystems. Could boron-based life exist somewhere in the universe—and even evolve intelligence?🛒 SFIA Merchandise: https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/🌐 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur⭐ Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur👥 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/📣 Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/🐦 Follow on Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur💬 SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShECredits:Boron-Based Life – Aliens of the Crystal DesertsWritten, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac ArthurEditor: Lukas KonecnySelect imagery/video supplied by Getty ImagesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What if alien life isn’t carbon at all? Imagine crystal organisms growing across deserts, powered by lightning and forming vast mineral ecosystems. Could boron-based life exist somewhere in the universe—and even evolve intelligence?🛒 SFIA Merchandise: https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/🌐 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur⭐ Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur👥 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/📣 Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/🐦 Follow on Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur💬 SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShECredits:Boron-Based Life – Aliens of the Crystal Deserts Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac ArthurEditor: Lukas KonecnySelect imagery/video supplied by Getty ImagesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.