Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

The Future of Elections: Who Votes, How We Vote, and What Comes Next

Elections look simple until you ask what they’re meant to measure. From ranked voting and redistricting to online ballots, AI, and paper records, we explore how future el

The Future of Elections: Who Votes, How We Vote, and What Comes Next (Narration Only)

Elections look simple until you ask what they’re meant to measure. From ranked voting and redistricting to online ballots, AI, and paper records, we explore how future el

Colonizing the Multiverse: Beyond the Kardashev Scale Into Infinite Universes

Why colonize one universe when reality may offer infinitely many? We explore alternate Earths, multiversal travel, dangerous new worlds, and the rise of Omega-class civil

Colonizing the Multiverse: Beyond the Kardashev Scale Into Infinite Universes (Narration Only)

Why colonize one universe when reality may offer infinitely many? We explore alternate Earths, multiversal travel, dangerous new worlds, and the rise of Omega-class civil

Civilizations at the Galactic Center: Thriving at the Core

Could the most dangerous part of the Milky Way also be its most valuable? We explore civilizations at the galactic center, where dense stars, extreme radiation, black hol

Civilizations at the Galactic Center: Thriving at the Core (Narration Only)

Could the most dangerous part of the Milky Way also be its most valuable? We explore civilizations at the galactic center, where dense stars, extreme radiation, black hol

Could We Create Artificial Universes?

What if the ultimate technology isn’t a starship, but a universe? We explore simulated worlds, baby universes, black holes, false vacuum bubbles, and whether civilization

Could We Create Artificial Universes? Narration Only)

What if the ultimate technology isn’t a starship, but a universe? We explore simulated worlds, baby universes, black holes, false vacuum bubbles, and whether civilization

White Holes: Do They Exist?

White holes are black holes run backward: nothing can enter, but matter and light can escape. We explore whether these strange solutions could exist, connect to black hol

White Holes: Do They Exist? (Narration Only)

White holes are black holes run backward: nothing can enter, but matter and light can escape. We explore whether these strange solutions could exist, connect to black hol

Mining Mercury: The First Planetary Industrial Base

Mercury may be the Solar System’s first true industrial world. We explore robotic mines, solar furnaces, mass drivers, mobile cities, and how the innermost planet could h

Mining Mercury: The First Planetary Industrial Base (Narration Only)

Mercury may be the Solar System’s first true industrial world. We explore robotic mines, solar furnaces, mass drivers, mobile cities, and how the innermost planet could h

We Can Make Gasoline From Air. So Why Don’t We? (Narration Only)

Gasoline doesn’t have to come from oil. With carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere, hydrogen, and enough energy, we can manufacture synthetic fuels that work much l

We Can Make Gasoline From Air. So Why Don’t We?

Gasoline doesn’t have to come from oil. With carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere, hydrogen, and enough energy, we can manufacture synthetic fuels that work much l

The Economics of Immortality

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. Get Nebula using my

The Economics of Immortality (Narration Only)

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. Get Nebula using my

The Prison Planet Problem - Exiled to Space (Narration Only)

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 nightm

The Prison Planet Problem - Exiled to Space

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 nightm

How Big Could Human Civilization?

How big could human civilization become? From trillion-person worlds to Dyson swarms, galaxy-spanning cultures, and digital minds, we explore just how far humanity could

How Big Could Human Civilization? (Narration Only)

How big could human civilization become? From trillion-person worlds to Dyson swarms, galaxy-spanning cultures, and digital minds, we explore just how far humanity could