From company towns in orbit to corporate empires among the stars, could megacorporations build the space frontier—or end up owning the air, the docks, and the only ride home?

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Megacorporations in Space

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Editors: Thomas Owens

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Megacorporations in Space

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What happens when a colony ship’s children inherit a mission they never chose? We explore the values, conflicts, and founding myths that shape civilizations born between Earth and the stars.

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The First Generation Problem – Who Shapes a New Civilization’s Values?

Editors: Donagh Broderick

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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The First Generation Problem – Who Shapes a New Civilization’s Values?

Editors: Donagh Broderick

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Build a world small enough to circle in a day—or vast enough to house a galaxy. This grand tour explores the strangest space habitats possible under known physics.

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Space Habitats: The Strangest Worlds We Could Build

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Daniel McNamara, Darius Said, Jason Burbank, Keith Blockus, Ken York, Matthew Acker, S. Kopperud, Tim Liusko, Yamagishi

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Apogii.uk, Bryan Versteeg, Cameron Scott, Fishy Tree, Jakub Grygier, Jarred Eagley, Jeremy Jozwik, Justin Dixon, Katie Byrne, Ken York (YD Visual), Sergio Botero, Steve Bowers, Sam McNamara, Udo Schroeter

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Aerium, Chris Zabriskie, Denny Schneidemesser, Evan King, Kai Engel, Lombus, Markus Junnikkala, Stellardrone, Taras Harkavyi, and Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

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Build a world small enough to circle in a day—or vast enough to house a galaxy. This grand tour explores the strangest space habitats possible under known physics.

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Space Habitats: The Strangest Worlds We Could Build

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Daniel McNamara, Darius Said, Jason Burbank, Keith Blockus, Ken York, Matthew Acker, S. Kopperud, Tim Liusko, Yamagishi

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Apogii.uk, Bryan Versteeg, Cameron Scott, Fishy Tree, Jakub Grygier, Jarred Eagley, Jeremy Jozwik, Justin Dixon, Katie Byrne, Ken York (YD Visual), Sergio Botero, Steve Bowers, Sam McNamara, Udo Schroeter

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Aerium, Chris Zabriskie, Denny Schneidemesser, Evan King, Kai Engel, Lombus, Markus Junnikkala, Stellardrone, Taras Harkavyi, and Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

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Aboard a relativistic starship, time is cargo: gamma-10 cruise, decades slipping by outside, lethal dust grains, beam routes, antimatter, ramjets, and the strange culture of crews who trade history for the stars.

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Life in a Relativistic Starship

Editors: Donagh Broderick & Merv Johnson II

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

7:02 Life Aboard a Relativistic Starship

11:11 Relativity Without the Chalkboard

14:08 The Propulsion Wall

18:35 The Engines That Can Actually Go Relativistic

25:14 The Hazards of Going Too Fast

30:17 Beyond Reality

31:08 How Fast Is Fast Enough?

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Aboard a relativistic starship, time is cargo: gamma-10 cruise, decades slipping by outside, lethal dust grains, beam routes, antimatter, ramjets, and the strange culture of crews who trade history for the stars.

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Life in a Relativistic Starship

Editors: Donagh Broderick & Merv Johnson II

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

7:02 Life Aboard a Relativistic Starship

11:11 Relativity Without the Chalkboard

14:08 The Propulsion Wall

18:35 The Engines That Can Actually Go Relativistic

25:14 The Hazards of Going Too Fast

30:17 Beyond Reality

31:08 How Fast Is Fast Enough?

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Are we living in a simulation, or are we becoming the simulators? From AI worlds to digital immortality and the Fermi Paradox, we explore reality’s weirdest possibility.

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Are We Living in a Simulation? A Modern Look at the Simulation Argument

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

5:48 The Simulation Argument

13:19 Simulated Futures

13:53 Motives for Making Simulated Worlds

26:46 Can We Tell?

34:01 Simulations and the Fermi Paradox

37:32 Does It Matter?

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Are we living in a simulation, or are we becoming the simulators? From AI worlds to digital immortality and the Fermi Paradox, we explore reality’s weirdest possibility.

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Are We Living in a Simulation? A Modern Look at the Simulation Argument

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Music Courtesy of Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

5:48 The Simulation Argument

13:19 Simulated Futures

13:53 Motives for Making Simulated Worlds

26:46 Can We Tell?

34:01 Simulations and the Fermi Paradox

37:32 Does It Matter?

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