Future Pets (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 11 April 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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To celebrate International Pet Day, we'll take a look at what the future might have in store for our furry friends, and what sorts of new pet might emerge as technology improves. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/P4T08yRKaA0 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: The Future of Pets Episode 181, Season 5 E15 Written by: Isaac Arthur Editors: Gloria Meadows Keith Blockus Mark Warburton Andrew Norman Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics by: Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com Music: Paradox Interactive, "Cradle of the Galaxy" https://www.paradoxplaza.com HS Crow, "Night king" https://www.hscrowofficial.com Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/ Chris Zabriskie, "The 49th Street Galleria" http://chriszabriskie.com Brandon Liew, "Mystic Forest Orchestral Fantasy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ2I19QUIXA Aerium, "Parks" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Paradox Interactive, "A New Dawn" https://www.paradoxplaza.com 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,
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0:20.1	This episode is sponsored by Brilliant.
0:23.2	This year was celebrating the 50th anniversary of mankind walking on the moon,
0:28.6	less than a decade after Gagarin became the first to orbit Earth,
0:32.6	the first human anyway.
0:34.4	It was a dog who made the first orbit.
0:39.2	This episode comes out on April 11th, which is National Pet Day, so I thought it would
0:44.2	be appropriate to take a look both at how our furry friends have helped us on the road
0:48.5	to technology and what might be in store for them in the future.
0:53.2	Animals, particularly our pets, played quite a large role in humanity's rise, though
0:58.3	often rather tragically, as was the case for Lakey, a stray dog found wandering the
1:03.1	streets of Moscow, who ended up being the first to orbit all pale blue dot, though she
1:08.1	did not survive the trip.
1:10.5	It's a sad reality that many critters have been sacrificed to scientific development, and
1:15.7	while their loss has benefited humanity quite a lot, they are rarely acknowledged for that
1:20.7	contribution.
1:22.2	The silver lining is that many of our pets have enjoyed far happier and longer lives as a result of this
1:28.7	knowledge too, and as we'll see today, might reap many more benefits down the road.
1:35.3	Needless to say, pets have brought a lot of happiness to our lives, and research indicates
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