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The concept of enhancing and augmenting animal minds & bodies to be able to use and understand human technology, known as Uplifting, has long fascinated us. Today in this two-part collaboration with John Michael Godier, we will explore this concept as well as the possibility of using such technology with alien races, the polar opposite of the classic Star Trek Prime Directive.

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Jarred Eagley
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Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

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Connor Hogan
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Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
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Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
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Tiffany Penner

Music:
Dexter Britain, "Seeing the Future"
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth"
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"
Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars"

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Watch Part 2: https://youtu.be/tbvmxo90F9I
For today's 2-part episode we team again with John Michael Godier to discuss the future of humanity should we head out to colonize the galaxy and find it empty, and how we might end up encountering aliens even then.

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Credits:
Galactic Humanity & the Fermi Paradox, part 1
Episode 143, Season 4, E28

Writers
Isaac Arthur
John Micheal Godier

Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team:
Dath Biomech
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Justin Dixon
Ken York
Kristijan Tavcar
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Mihail Yordanov
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Narrators:
Isaac Arthur
John Michael Godier

Music:
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Denny Schneidemesser, "Luminous Rays" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneide...
Aerium, "Fifth Star from Aldebran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnU...
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonm...
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

Don't forget to catch Part 2 and thanks for Watching!
Part 2: https://youtu.be/tbvmxo90F9I