Cyclic Apocalypses
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 -
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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