Space Police

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

Technology, Energy Abundance, Future Of Humanity, Spacecraft, Genetics, Space Infrastructure, Scifi, Post Scarcity, Sci Fi, Technological Future, Interstellar Travel, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Space Station, Space, Long Term Future, Human Civilizaiton, Civilizaiton, Cybernetics, Science, Futurism, Space Megastructures, Space Colonization, Space Industry, Future Philosophy, Transhumanism, Spaceship, Megastructures, Physics, Starship, Astronomy, Future

4.9 • 782 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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As we head out into space we can expect to see crimes and a need for laws and someone to enforce them. Today we'll examine the notion of Space Police and future crime and law enforcement. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/8aNqpKmRn5o Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ 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: Space Police Episode 243; June 18, 2020 Writers: Isaac Arthur Editors: Matthew Acker Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Matthew Campbell Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana 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.
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0:05.2	we're asking the reason alien civilizations might be rare is because most aliens are huge.
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0:20.6	This episode is sponsored by Brilliant.
0:23.9	They say space is the final frontier.
0:26.7	If it's anything like prior frontiers, it's going to need a sheriff to ride into orbit to
0:31.1	keep the peace.
0:37.4	As long as people are people, some of them will commit crimes, so wherever people go, crime
0:42.8	will follow.
0:44.4	As we head into Earth orbit, then out to the solar system and the galaxy beyond, it stands
0:48.8	to reason we'll need police in space, so today we'll be looking at that, and in the broader
0:53.5	sense the future of police, some of the stranger be looking at that, and in the broader sense the future of
0:54.6	police, some of the stranger crimes they might see, and even some scenarios like Galactic
0:59.2	Police and Time Police.
1:01.9	Of course we often figure a future humanity will be a more enlightened one, maybe one
1:06.0	with few to know crimes, and we'll discuss that too, as well as some other scenarios where
1:10.5	crime might cease
1:11.3	to be, even if humanity didn't get particularly enlightened.
1:14.9	We'll also be exploring some more science fiction notions of crime and policing that might
1:18.8	not be science fiction for too much longer.
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