Economies Of The Future (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The future of humanity might be one of unrivaled prosperity - a post-scarcity civilization - of abundant power, advanced automation and robotics, and sophisticated artificial intelligence helping boost efficiency to all economic sectors. But what would such an economy look like, and what challenges might we face getting there? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/ztrG20lZRvA Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Isaac & Sarah's Wedding Registry: https://www.myregistry.com/wedding-registry/sarah-fowler-and-isaac-arthur-rock-creek-oh/2260571 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: Economies of the Future Episode 235; April 23, 2020 Writers: Isaac Arthur Editors: Evan Schultheis Keith Blockus Dillon Olander Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana 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.

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0:00.0	Hello, SFIA audio listeners. In this month's Nebula exclusive, big alien theory,
0:05.2	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 brought to you by Brilliant.
0:23.7	Money makes the world torn round, so the saying goes, but how will the economy change as we
0:28.9	move beyond this world, and perhaps even beyond our current understanding of money?
0:35.2	So today we'll be looking at possible economies of the future, from the dystopian to
0:39.5	the utopian, from ultra scarcity to post scarcity.
0:43.6	We're principally going to be looking at how future developments might impact economic
0:47.2	systems, so we'll try to look at everything we can think of, but obviously we'll never
0:51.6	get through all of the options or we'll be able to cover them all in deep detail.
0:55.8	As a quick side note, channel regulars probably know I'm getting married this weekend, and
1:00.2	I'll talk about that for a bit at the end of the episode, but I did just want to confirm
1:04.3	that we are still having episodes during my honeymoon, but I'll be delayed responding
1:08.2	to comments and the next couple episodes will air while
1:11.1	Sarah and I are away on our honeymoon, so advance morning we might get some technical
1:15.5	difficulties or delays with me out of the studio.
1:19.2	Unsurprisingly, weddings tend to make one think of the future and economics, so it was
1:23.4	an interesting time to tackle this topic.
1:26.1	What stuff like extended lifespans due to retirement,
1:28.7	pensions, debt, and interest? What sort of effects on the medical industry is there if someone
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