Cloud Cities

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

Technology, Energy Abundance, Future Of Humanity, Spacecraft, Genetics, Space Infrastructure, Scifi, Post Scarcity, Sci Fi, Technological Future, Interstellar Travel, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Space Station, Space, Long Term Future, Human Civilizaiton, Civilizaiton, Cybernetics, Science, Futurism, Space Megastructures, Space Colonization, Space Industry, Future Philosophy, Transhumanism, Spaceship, Megastructures, Physics, Starship, Astronomy, Future

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🗓️ 21 February 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Humanity has long wished to dwell among the clouds, today we'll look at what options we may have in the future for floating a city or home high in the sky. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/EdnxZXDU2c0 Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: Earth 2.0: Cloud Cities Episode 174, Season 5 E08 Written by: Isaac Arthur Editors: Darius Said Gloria Meadows Keith Blockus Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics by: Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Katie Byrne Mike Munt http://www.apogii.uk Sam McNamara of Rapid Thrash Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Space ResourcesCGI Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca De Rosa - lucaderosa2@live.com Music: Denny Schneidemesser, "Across the Universe" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser Marcus Warner, "The Calling" https://marcuswarnermusic.bandcamp.com Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Chris Zabriskie, "Remember Trees" http://chriszabriskie.com Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/ Scott Buckley, "Static" http://www.scottbuckley.com.au See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello, SFIA audio listeners, in this month's Nebula exclusive, Big Alien Theory,
0:05.0	we're asking the reason alien civilizations might be rare is because most aliens are huge.
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0:20.0	This episode is sponsored by Brilliant.
0:23.3	They say the three most important things about real estate are location, location, location,
0:28.8	and one of the best locations in the future will be the sky.
0:32.1	Theean. So today we return to the Earth 2.0 series to continue our look at various ways we might
0:49.2	reshape our world if we wish to.
0:52.1	We spent a fair amount of time in this series discussing places humanity might occupy, like
0:57.4	the oceans, deserts, tundra, or underground, but for the most part we've been looking
1:02.4	at what they had to offer in terms of resources or how we could make them more livable
1:07.2	because we were low on space.
1:09.9	Often we've noted that while you'd probably get
1:11.5	a fair number of folks living there, fundamentally such places don't have a strong motivation
1:16.7	to live there in and of themselves. To be sure, some folks would love to visit the ocean depths
1:22.6	or go live on the North Pole or underground, but by and large you wouldn't have big cues
1:28.4	of people fighting for the privilege.
1:31.0	When we start looking at living up high though, our topic for today, it's a different
1:35.2	story.
1:36.6	People like living on the upper floors of tall buildings or on hills for the view, and
1:41.6	looking at human history we tend to glorify our deities by putting them
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