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Isaac Arthur — Best Videos According to Hacker News

Isaac Arthur videos on HackerTube, ranked by how often Hacker News commenters recommended them. HN mostly shares this channel in threads about cosmology & astrophysics, futurism & technology and society, space exploration & spaceflight and civil engineering & construction.

videos on HackerTube
12
best all-time rank
#559
recommended on HN
2017–2026

Most recommended Isaac Arthur videos

Each card shows the HN comment that sums it up best.

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Orbital Rings

Isaac Arthur

“we can build an orbital ring around Earth with today's technology, and it'd be much better than space elevators.”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

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Civilizations at the End of Time: Iron Stars

Isaac Arthur

“My go-to entry point for exploring those kinds of questions was Isaac Arthur.”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

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Civilizations at the End of Time: Black Hole Farming

Isaac Arthur

“I highly recommend the whole channel.”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

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Colonizing Mars

Isaac Arthur

“Highly recommended video on Colonizing Mars by Isaac Arthur”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

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The Fermi Paradox Compendium

Isaac Arthur

“He describes the Fermi Paradox and related concepts 100x better than anyone else.”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

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The Fermi Paradox: Dark Forest Theory

Isaac Arthur

“His entire library on the Fermi Paradox is worth watching.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

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Arcologies

Isaac Arthur

“Isaac Arthur's YouTube channel is full of speculation and plans for all kinds of possible or nearly-possible futures”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

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Fermi Paradox: The Dyson Dilemma v2.0

Isaac Arthur

“He describes the Fermi Paradox and related concepts 100x better than anyone else.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

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Power Satellites & Space Based Solar Power

Isaac Arthur

“Issac Arthur usually has the best overview of topics like this”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

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Colonizing Venus

Isaac Arthur

“Caution: don't click unless you have nothing else to do today.”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2026

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Matrioshka Brains: Star-Powered Computers

Isaac Arthur

“Here's a video by the excellent Isaac Arthur”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

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Dyson Spheres

Isaac Arthur

“Isaac Arthur's youtube channel goes into this in some depth (and is generally excellent, IMO).”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

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