Many believe humanity's lies among the stars, colonizing distant planets around alien suns, or perhaps building artificial worlds, space habitats, and megastructures. But what if instead of traveling to worlds far away in outer space we create virtual worlds to live in instead, colonizing inner space? We will explore this possibility of simulated universes and what it might mean for humanity, and also ask if this might be a solution to the Fermi Paradox, the strange absence of other life in our own universe.

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Credits:

The Fermi Paradox & Virtual Worlds: Colonizing Inner Space

Episode 167, Season 5 E01

Written by:

Isaac Arthur

Editors:

Alex Chamak

A.T. Long

Cooper de Ruiter

D. Hemanshi

Darius Said

Edward Nardella

Evan Schultheis

Keith Blockus

Mark Warburton

Matthew Acker

Safia Postgate

Stuart Graham https://beyondnerva.wordpress.com

Sigmund Kopperud

Matthew Campbell

Cover Art:

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

Graphics by:

Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com

Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/

Jarred Eagley

Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana

Mihail Yordanov

Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Produced & Narrated by:

Isaac Arthur

Audio Editor:

Eric Schneider

Music Manager:

Luca DeRosa - [email protected]

Music:

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

Paradox Interactive, Andreas Waldetoft, "Pillars of Creation" https://www.paradoxplaza.com

Marcus Warner, "The First Few Waves" https://marcuswarnermusic.bandcamp.com

Stellardrone, "Crystal Spheres" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com

Sergey Cheremisinov, "Dont Lie To Inner Child" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com

Paradox Interactive, Andreas Waldetoft, "Faster Than Light" https://www.paradoxplaza.com

Dracovallis, "Elven City" https://dracovallis.bandcamp.com/