Future Manhattan Projects (Narration Only)

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Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 10 June 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The Manhattan Project and Apollo Program have become symbolic of massive efforts to achieve great goals, be they awe-inspiring or terrifying. What such efforts will we see in the future? Start Forging New Worlds: https://www.worldanvil.com/isaac-arthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/v0S22i1JHD0 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur 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: Future Manhattan Projects Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 294, June 10, 2021 Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: Jason Burbank Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg Keith Blockus Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com Katie Byrne Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com Legiontech Studios 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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0:20.2	This episode is brought to you by World Anvil.
0:23.8	During World War II, the Allies initiated the Manhattan Project, a program of immense scale
0:29.2	that culminated in the creation of atomic bombs, the most powerful weapon mankind had yet
0:34.3	created.
0:35.4	What great projects will we have in the future and what new wonders
0:38.7	or horrors will we create? So today we'll be looking at future Manhattan projects,
0:44.9	and while that was for a weapon and many parallel if smaller projects were for military applications,
0:50.8	we will consider other projects too. In truth, the line between military and peacetime
0:55.7	projects is often rather blurry anyway, with swords often being beaten into plowshares
1:00.7	when the fighting is over anyway. The space race is an example of a peaceful project that had
1:05.8	peaceful aims, but was also a theater of the Cold War, and space race efforts like the Apollo landings
1:11.9	are often seen as the other big project of the 20th century.
1:15.5	At the strategic level, anything that boosts your prestige, economy, and production also
1:20.2	boosts your military strength.
1:22.1	And just as any sword can be beaten to a plowshare, any plowshare can be beaten into a sword.
1:27.9	That's the first world of warfare after all, everything is a potential weapon.
1:32.6	So today we'll talk about some of the major projects we might see in the next century or two.
1:36.8	A few are topics we have devoted entire episodes to or might in the near future, so for
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