Space Prison Colonies

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

🗓️ 24 January 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Many a land was settled by exiles and prisoners, and many a science fiction story contemplates that we may use such methods when colonize new worlds. But are such methods viable? and what methods might we use in the future for dealing with criminals? watch the video version: https://youtu.be/s_B_CJ3yieM Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/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: Space Prison Colonies Episode 170, Season 5 E04 Written by: Isaac Arthur Editors: Gloria Meadows Keith Blockus Sigmund Kopperud Matthew Acker Matthew Campbell Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics by: Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com Music: Scott Buckley, "Red" http://www.scottbuckley.com.au Taras Harkavyi, "Alpha and..." https://www.discogs.com/artist/625697-Taras-Harkavyi Stellardrone, "Between the Rings" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com A.J. Prasad, "Staring Through, pt 2" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU Scott Buckley, "Titan" http://www.scottbuckley.com.au Denny Schneidemesser, "Luminous Rays" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser 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.
0:10.5	To hear it and every episode early and ad-free, plus hours of bonus content,
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0:20.2	This episode is brought you by CuriosityStream.
0:23.7	We often celebrate the pioneering spirit and hope to see it applied in the future
0:28.4	to settle distant, barren worlds and transform them into future paradises, but they
0:34.4	might not begin that way.
0:47.2	Yeah. But they might not begin that way. We usually try to focus on the more cheerful aspects of the future, but while we're
0:51.6	getting started and you're grabbing a drink and a snack,
0:54.8	I should note that today's topic will be a bit more grim.
0:58.8	Title aside, we're as interested in alternative approaches to classic prisons as their
1:03.9	sci-fi equivalents today, options like corrective therapies or virtual reality, but we're
1:09.8	also curious at looking at how such
1:11.8	facilities might be used for space colonization, such as settling harsh worlds with prisoners.
1:18.4	Today's episode also has the somewhat distinct honor of having been a runner-up in two separate
1:24.1	topic polls, though under different names, the specific topic of space prisons
1:29.5	or penal colonies, and the general concept of rogue civilizations.
1:35.2	We often discuss how in the future we are probably more likely to diverge socially than converge,
1:40.8	and we also mention how the sheer size of future humanity, in terms of both
1:45.6	numbers and territory, would eclipse modern civilizations the same way modern superpowers
1:51.6	compared to small Paleolithic tribes.
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