Machine Overlords & Post-Discontent Societies (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

Science, Futurism, Sci Fi, Future, Scifi, Technology, Space, Engineering

4.8 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Machines may help bring about a Post-Scarcity Utopia, assuming they don't take over instead, and we dream of a future that is a Post-Scarcity Utopia, but its dark reflection is the Post-Discontent society, one where through deception or brainwashing people do not even known how they are being deprived or oppressed. The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur01211 Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/g807KawBOq0 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: Machine Overlords & Post-Discontent Societies Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 273a; January 17, 2021 Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: Jason Burbank Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg Keith Blockus Matthew Campbell Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana 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 Skillshare.
0:23.5	Utopia is very much in the eye of the beholder, and if that beholder is Big Brother,
0:28.6	Utopia is probably a society where everyone does what they are told.
0:33.4	The quarter months of the year tend to be the time of year when I grab a hot drink,
0:37.6	turn on the fireplace and TV, and settle into the couch for some sci-fi marathons with my cats.
0:43.0	This year I was joined by my wife Sarah, who is pretty new to science fiction, so I've
0:47.2	been exposing her to classics like Doctor Who and Star Trek, and one of the episodes we watched
0:51.8	was the classic Star Trek episode, The Return of the
0:54.4	Alcons, where the Enterprise arrives at the planet Beta 3 to investigate the century-old
0:58.7	disappearance of the USS Arcon.
1:01.4	On it they find an idealic civilization whose friendly, if rather creepy people, seem modestly
1:06.3	primitive, perhaps 19th or early 20th century, Earth analogues, and welcome them in time for the
1:11.8	festival they are soon to be travelers arriving to attend.
1:15.6	The hour dawns for the festival to start, and everyone goes nuts breaking and pillaging their
1:20.3	town and its other inhabitants, then come the morning, like clockwork, suddenly start acting
1:24.9	normal again, or at least their normal, which is creepy
1:27.5	friendly, and Haleen Landrieu, their local savior, king and god. No reason is ever given for
1:33.8	the violent festival beyond it being Landrew's will, but possibly from the script being reworked,
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