A look at the possibility of future civilizations rising and falling.

It's long been observed that empires tend to rise and fall in a seeming cycle, never identical but sharing many similarities. Today we will examine the idea that this may be the reason that we have encountered no advanced civilizations in our own galaxy, and that the solution the Fermi Paradox, as to why we have seen no alien civilizations, may be that they are caught in a perpetual loop. Unable or unwilling to use technology which might allow them to travel the cosmos. We will also consider if such a loop may await us, or that we are already in it.

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Credits:

The Fermi Paradox: Cyclic Apocalypses

Season 4, Episode 24

Writers:

Isaac Arthur

Editors

A.T. Long

Darius Said

Dillon Olander

Keith Blockus

Mark Warburton

Producer:

Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:

Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team:

Darth Biomech

Justin Dixon

LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com

Kristijan Tavar

Narrator:

Isaac Arthur - [email protected]

Music Manager:

Luca De Rosa

Music:

Miguel Johnson, "Attack on the Colonies" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic

Stellardrone, "A Moment Of Stillness" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com

Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/

Miguel Johnson, "The Endless Dark" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic

Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me The Odds" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

H.S. Crow, "Night King" https://www.hscrowofficial.com

Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ2I19QUIXA