Impossible Technologies: The Clarketech Compendium

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

• Episode: Impossible Technologies: The Clarketech Compendium
• Website: Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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• Duration: 01:31:48
• Published: 2025-02-16 15:00

What if the "magic" of tomorrow is just science we don’t yet understand? In this episode, we explore the wildest speculative technologies—faster-than-light travel, Dyson Spheres, teleportation, wormholes, and more. Could these breakthroughs redefine our future or explain the Fermi Paradox? Find out as we dive into the impossible!

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Impossible Technologies: The Clarketech Compendium

Episode 486a; February 16, 2025

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Editors: Ludwig Luska, Thomas Owen, Lukas Konecny

Graphics: Jeremy Jozwik, Ken York YD Visual, Mihail Yordanov, Sergio Botero

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Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

Phase Shift, "Forest Night"

Chris Zabriskie, "Unfoldment, Revealment", "A New Day in a New Sector", "Oxygen Garden"

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