Low-Tech Spacefaring Civilizations (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 15 October 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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We typically imagine interstellar civilizations as vastly superior in technology to modern times, but could the future see planets colonized by spaceships little better than our modern ones? Could some alien worlds allow space travel to develop far sooner and easier than it did on Earth? Or could civilizations abandon more advanced technology? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/FEV5r8jdBvQ Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. 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: Low-Tech Spacefaring Civilizations Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 260; October 15, 2020 Written, Produced, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: Darius Said Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Konstantin Sokerin Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com SpaceResourcesCGI Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Udo Schroeter 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 sponsored by Auduble.
0:23.4	We generally think of space-faring civilizations as being very technologically advanced,
0:28.9	but what if some species have to settle up with doing things the old-fashioned way?
0:34.1	Today we're going to contemplate some scenarios in which a civilization might begin
0:38.0	engaging in space travel even though they're at a lower level of technological development
0:42.2	that might seem ideal for that undertaking, and in the process ask what the minimum technologies
0:47.2	really are for space travel.
0:49.8	We've got four basic paths we're going to look at for that purpose.
0:53.4	One will be a civilization that arose in circumstances where space travel was easier,
0:58.0	another will be a case where they had higher technology than lost it or opted not to use
1:01.8	it, and we'll also look at a case where there just isn't a new and useful science and technology
1:06.6	beyond what we essentially have now.
1:09.2	We've won more too, which is where they are forced
1:11.4	to get into space in the face of a looming disaster like a giant asteroid headed toward
1:15.6	their planet that they can't blow up or divert and need to get some remnant of their
1:19.7	civilization off-world before it hits. Of course, low-tech is a subjective term, because
1:25.9	science and technology don't really lend
1:27.5	themselves to easily defined levels.
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