The Megastructure Compendium

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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4.9 • 782 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

In the future humanity may build enormous structures, feats of mega-engineering that may rival planets or even be of greater scope. This episode catalogs roughly 100 major types of Megastructure, from those that are cities in space to those that rival galaxies. Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/1xt13dn74wc Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur 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: The Megastructure Compendium Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 346, June 9, 2022 Written & Produced by Isaac Arthur Narrated by Isaac Arthur & Sarah Fowler Arthur Editors: David McFarlane Graeme Kilshaw Sarah Fowler Arthur Sig’unnr’s Deluge Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Bryan Versteeg Fishy Tree Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Justin Dixon Katie Byrne Ken York Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Mafic Studios Mike Munt (Apogii) Rapid Thrash Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gcJarred Eagley Stephen Huck Steve Bowers 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, in this month's Nebula exclusive, Big Alien Theory,
0:05.0	we're asking the reason alien civilizations might be rare is because most aliens are huge.
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0:20.4	This video is sponsored by CuriosityStream.
0:22.5	Get access to my streaming video service, Nebula, when you sign up for CuriosityStream using the link in the description.
0:28.9	Science fiction delights in showing us humanity's future on strange new worlds we will find out among the stars.
0:35.7	But it is very likely our future will be on massive artificial worlds and megastructures of our own creation.
0:52.5	So welcome to Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur, and I am the aforementioned host,
0:57.2	Isaac Arthur.
0:58.6	Just under eight years ago, the channel began with an episode cataloging a number of what
1:02.5	we call megastructures, huge artificial constructs that in many cases would rival entire planets
1:08.7	in size and serve a similar role as our future homes.
1:13.2	Back in the day, the graphics on the show weren't terribly impressive, indeed most
1:17.4	megastructural visuals in existence were made after that episode, mini for this show, and
1:23.1	the audio was terrible.
1:25.2	It was the first episode of this show and the only one not to include
1:28.7	the episode transcript in as captions because there wasn't one. As time went on, our audio
1:34.2	and graphics improved and I got some speech therapy for my speech impediment, and folks
1:39.0	often ask why I've never redone that episode when almost every other early episode has gotten
1:43.7	a redo or reboot or even
1:45.9	an entire extended series. Indeed we gave mini megastructures their own episode in our
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