Space Sports

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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

4.9 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Humanity has a long and inventive history of sports and games, and the future will offer us many new options for athletics as we move out in space, be it racing around the Moon, climbing the mountains of Mars, hang gliding on Venus, or zero-g gymnastics. We'll also explore potential challenges and opportunities offered by genetic enhancement, cybernetics, and virtual reality. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/q11w9UF5vKM 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 Sports Episode 202, Season 5 E37 Written by: Isaac Arthur Editors: Keith Blockus S Graham https://beyondnerva.wordpress.com Matthew Campbell Olly Epsom S. Kopperud 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 Katie Byrne Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com Music: Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/ Dan MacLeod, "Battle Formation" https://soundcloud.com/neptuneuk Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/ Paradox Interactive, "Synthetic God" https://www.paradoxplaza.com Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me The Odds" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/ Ross Bugden, "Notturno" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ 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,
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0:24.5	The first sport ever played in space was golf.
0:28.1	What comes next?
0:29.2	Yeah. So today's topic, space sports and sports in the future has been one requested over
0:49.5	and over again for years now and it seemed past time to cover it.
0:54.3	We'll mostly be looking at sports in low or no gravity, but we'll spend a bit of time considering
0:59.6	how future technology might impact sports, both in altering how they are played and inventing
1:05.6	new games.
1:07.4	To look at the future of sports, it helps to look at the past and how that's birthed
1:11.6	all games to give an insight into what might shape those in the future.
1:16.7	One thing that sticks out right away is that many games serve to hone combat and survival
1:21.5	skills or serve as a type of proxy for them and are competitive drives.
1:27.1	This is rather overt with something like archery or fencing or martial arts or board games
1:32.0	like chess and less obvious with things like marathons or decafalon's.
1:37.6	Another key point is that they often arise out of the work environment.
1:41.7	For our very distant ancestors, sports that arose from hunting would be an example, but
1:47.0	contests like log tossing or sailing or rowing or weightlifting or even bricklaying are examples
1:53.1	of work becoming a sport.
1:55.6	One might imagine that in space, something like competitive EVA races to get suited up outside into the vacuum, and
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