Techno-Barbarians

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Science fiction often shows us post-apocalyptic future civilizations with techno-barbarians running around in fur & hides but carrying laser weapons or other advanced technology. But how plausible is such a civilizations and what would it actually be like? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/t5A8KjmVpgM Go to https://buyraycon.com/isaacarthur for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. 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: Techno-Barbarians Episode 249, July 30, 2020 Written, Produced, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: Darius Said Jerry Guern Konstantin Sokeri S. Kopperud Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc 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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0:20.3	This episode is sponsored by Raycon.
0:23.5	We often picture post-apocalyptic civilizations as rather crazy and murderous, and I often
0:29.2	wondered how realistic that was.
0:31.5	Then I asked myself how crazy a lot of folks might be without a few days of internet access.
0:36.8	Suddenly, savage techno-barbarbarians
0:38.7	made a lot more sense.
0:41.1	So today we'll be looking at a popular notion in science fiction, the post-apocalyptic civilization with a mix
0:54.8	of high technology as relics, but otherwise pretty primitive.
0:58.9	As usual, we'll be asking how plausible that really is and how it might come about.
1:03.5	We have plenty of examples in fiction, but probably my favorite, and the one that was
1:07.7	on my mind when I put this topic up as one of the five options on a YouTube episode Topics poll, which it one handily is Warhammer 40K.
1:16.3	In that universe we have a grand Galactic Empire merge over many millennia between now and
1:21.1	around the year 25,000 AD or 25K, but it ends up falling apart for various reasons leading
1:27.1	to the age of Strife, which
1:28.8	goes on for about 5,000 more years, then sees the rise of a new empire that endorsed
1:34.0	the present time of the setting, the year 40,000.
1:37.3	In this era, what high technology from the old empire remains is preserved and jealously
1:42.0	guarded by the technoprests of the cult of the
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