In the future we may have technologies sufficiently advanced that they are indistinguishable from magic, but could those civilizations also be indistinguishable from primitive ones?

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Anachronistic Technology 

Episode 464a; September 15, 2024

Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Written by: Isaac Arthur & Frustrated Optimist

Editors:

Donagh Broderick

Lukas Konecny

Matt Johnson

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