20. Isaac Arthur on Colonizing Space, the Fermi Paradox and Future of Genetic Engineering
Summary: Isaac Arthur (<a href="https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur?lang=en">@isaac_a_arthur</a>) is a physicist and futurist who runs popular YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g">Featured Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur</a>.<br> Isaac’s popular channel has over 270k subscribers and 20M+ views and a legion of loyal, insightful fans, including his own sub-Reddit. Arthur covers a wide range of futurist and science fiction ideas including cyborgs, androids and artificial intelligence, the Fermi paradox and interstellar warfare, Dyson spheres and megascale engineering, quantum teleportation and faster-than-light travel—typically exploring hypothetical scenarios extending to the distant future.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://fringe.fm/itunestextlink">You can listen right here on iTunes</a><br> In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:<br> <br> * The future of interplanetary travel<br> * What you didn’t know about the Fermi paradox<br> * How humanity will likely evolve as we explore space<br> * The reason we probably won’t terraform planets and where we’ll live instead<br> * Why material science and meta-materials may be the most important technology of this decade<br> * The effects of genetic engineering on society<br> * Two paths to free energy for all<br> * The reason Isaac thinks we are close to a post-scarcity world<br> * Why Isaac thinks cybernetics/mechanical human enhancement is more likely than gene editing<br> * How Isaac build the top Science channel on Youtube<br> * The reason manmade structures are the habitats of the future<br> * How AI is likely to evolve and play out in society<br> * Why our education system is failing and how we can fix it<br> <br> <a href="http://fringe.fm/itunes"></a><br> <a href="http://fringe.fm/stitcher"></a><br> —<br> Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support FringeFM<br> <br> FringeFM is supported by the generosity of its readers and listeners. If you find our work valuable, please consider supporting us on <a href="http://fringe.fm/donate">Patreon,</a> via <a href="https://fringe.fm/paypal">Paypal</a> or with <a href="https://fringe.fm/donorbox">DonorBox powered by Stripe</a>.<br> <br> <br>
