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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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  • Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

    The Future of Elections: Who Votes, How We Vote, and What Comes Next (Narration Only)

    22/10/2026 | 46 mins.
    Elections look simple until you ask what they’re meant to measure. From ranked voting and redistricting to online ballots, AI, and paper records, we explore how future elections might work.

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    Credits:
    The Future of Elections: Who Votes, How We Vote, and What Comes Next
    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
    Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
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    Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    5:42 Why Would Elections Change?
    10:14 When One Mark Isn't Enough
    17:25 When Votes Do Not Produce the Representation People Expect
    21:12 Drawing Lines Through People
    28:37 Who Actually Gets a Ballot?
    31:45 Does Election Day Need to Be a Day?
    35:03 Why Can't I Vote From My Phone?
    40:54 Mad Kings
    42:00 Why Paper Refuses to Die

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  • Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

    The Future of Elections: Who Votes, How We Vote, and What Comes Next

    22/10/2026 | 46 mins.
    Elections look simple until you ask what they’re meant to measure. From ranked voting and redistricting to online ballots, AI, and paper records, we explore how future elections might work.

    Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur
    Mad Kings: https://nebula.tv/madkings?ref=isaacarthur

    🛒 SFIA Merchandise: https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/
    🌐 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net
    ❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur
    ⭐ Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur
    👥 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/
    📣 Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/
    🐦 Follow on Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur
    💬 SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE
    Credits:
    The Future of Elections: Who Votes, How We Vote, and What Comes Next
    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
    Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
    Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

    Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    5:42 Why Would Elections Change?
    10:14 When One Mark Isn't Enough
    17:25 When Votes Do Not Produce the Representation People Expect
    21:12 Drawing Lines Through People
    28:37 Who Actually Gets a Ballot?
    31:45 Does Election Day Need to Be a Day?
    35:03 Why Can't I Vote From My Phone?
    40:54 Mad Kings
    42:00 Why Paper Refuses to Die

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
  • Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

    Colonizing the Multiverse: Beyond the Kardashev Scale Into Infinite Universes

    17/10/2026 | 35 mins.
    Why colonize one universe when reality may offer infinitely many? We explore alternate Earths, multiversal travel, dangerous new worlds, and the rise of Omega-class civilizations spanning entire realities.

    Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur
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    🌐 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net
    ❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur
    ⭐ Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur
    👥 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/
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    💬 SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE
    Credits:
    Colonizing the Multiverse: Beyond the Kardashev Scale Into Infinite Universes
    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
    Editor: Thomas Owens
    Music Courtesy of Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie
    Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

    Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    2:22 The Geography of Reality
    5:30 Why Colonize the Multiverse?
    9:30 The First Beachhead
    13:52 The Navigation Problem
    17:35 Settlement Strategies
    28:19 Rifftrax
    29:11 Beyond the Kardashev Scale – Omega-Class Civilizations
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  • Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

    Colonizing the Multiverse: Beyond the Kardashev Scale Into Infinite Universes (Narration Only)

    17/10/2026 | 34 mins.
    Why colonize one universe when reality may offer infinitely many? We explore alternate Earths, multiversal travel, dangerous new worlds, and the rise of Omega-class civilizations spanning entire realities.

    Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur
    Enjoy Rifftrax: https://nebula.tv/rifftrax?ref=isaacarthur

    🛒 SFIA Merchandise: https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/
    🌐 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net
    ❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur
    ⭐ Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur
    👥 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/
    📣 Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/
    🐦 Follow on Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur
    💬 SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE
    Credits:
    Colonizing the Multiverse: Beyond the Kardashev Scale Into Infinite Universes
    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
    Editor: Thomas Owens
    Music Courtesy of Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie
    Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

    Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    2:22 The Geography of Reality
    5:30 Why Colonize the Multiverse?
    9:30 The First Beachhead
    13:52 The Navigation Problem
    17:35 Settlement Strategies
    28:19 Rifftrax
    29:11 Beyond the Kardashev Scale – Omega-Class Civilizations
    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
  • Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

    Civilizations at the Galactic Center: Thriving at the Core (Narration Only)

    15/10/2026 | 26 mins.
    Could the most dangerous part of the Milky Way also be its most valuable? We explore civilizations at the galactic center, where dense stars, extreme radiation, black holes, and vast energy could fuel a cosmic metropolis.

    Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur
    Checkout Space Money and our Space Industry Collection: https://nebula.tv/isaacarthur/space-industry-collection

    🛒 SFIA Merchandise: https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/
    🌐 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net
    ❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur
    ⭐ Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur
    👥 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/
    📣 Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/
    🐦 Follow on Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur
    💬 SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE
    Credits:
    Civilizations at the Galactic Center – Thriving in the most extreme energy fields of the Milky Way
    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
    Graphics from Jeremy Jozwik & Ken York
    Music Courtesy of Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie
    Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

    Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    0:12 Where Is the Galactic Center, Really?
    4:40 An Environment Turned Up to Eleven
    9:249 How Dangerous Is the Radiation, Really?
    14:03 Why Would Anyone Live Here?
    15:47 Buried Worlds: Surviving the Galactic Furnace
    17:50 Dyson Swarms of the Inner Bulge
    20:58 Space Industry
    22:00 Birch Planets at Sagittarius A*

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About Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur explores humanity’s long-term future through space exploration, advanced technology, and big-picture science. Hosted by National Space Society President Isaac Arthur, each episode uses real science and careful speculation to examine space colonization, megastructures, artificial intelligence, post-scarcity economies, and the physics shaping civilization beyond Earth.
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