Technology may one day grant us a Utopia in which virtually all tasks are performed by robots and artificial intelligence. In such a post-scarcity civilization, people may have difficulty finding a purpose to existence. Today we will explore how this may come about, what the consequences of this existential threat might be, and what purposes people may find for themselves in such a future.

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Credits:

Post-Scarcity Civilizations: Purpose

ep 140 Season 4, Episode 26

Writers:

Isaac Arthur

Editors:

A.T. Long

Darius Said

Dillon Olander

Jerry Guern

Justin Dixon

Mark Warburton

Matthew Acker

Matthew Campbell

Producer:

Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:

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

Graphics Team

Jeremy Jozwik

Justin Dixon

Ken York

Kristijan Tavcar

Narrator

Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:

Luca De Rosa - [email protected]

Music:

Dracovallis, "Cynthia" https://dracovallis.bandcamp.com/

Stellardrone, "Breathe In The Light" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com

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

Chris Zabriskie, "A New Day in a New Sector" http://chriszabriskie.com

Kai Engel, "Morbid_Imagination" https://www.kai-engel.com/

Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ

Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

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