How Colonizing Space Can Save Earth (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 25 November 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Many believe we need to colonize space to get all of our eggs out of one basket, in case something should happen to Earth, but colonizing space might be the best way to protect and preserve our world. Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/73yVt2CLiLg 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: How Colonizing Space Can Save Earth Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 318, November 25, 2021 Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: A.T. Long Jason Burbank Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com Darth Biomech https://www.artstation.com/darth_biomech Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ LegionTech Studios Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc 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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0:26.3	using the link in the description.
0:28.9	Colonizing space might be about a future beyond Earth, but it may also save Earth, or
0:34.6	doom it.
0:36.2	So it's Turkey Day here on SFIA, and since Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday, and
0:41.7	so are episodes, I tend not to do Thanksgiving holiday specials like I sometimes do with
0:46.9	other holidays.
0:49.3	Thanksgiving is one of my favorites, partially because it's an excuse to stuff yourself to
0:53.3	the gills with food and friends and family, but also because it's an excuse to stuff yourself to the gills with food
0:54.4	and friends and family, but also because it encourages folks to survey their life and think
0:59.7	about their good fortunes rather than challenges and hardships. And as any channel regular can
1:05.6	probably guess, I'm a glass half full sort of person, so we had the topic come up on one of our episode
1:11.7	polls of how space colonization can save Earth. When I saw the topic idea, I thought,
1:17.1	what do we mean by save Earth? A lot of times saving Earth and saving humanity are synonymous,
1:23.7	other times they are unrelated or the exact opposite thing, saving one at the expense of the
1:29.0	other.
1:30.2	And I thought that's a good group of topics as a chance to look at not just current or potential
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