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The galaxy is a vast place with billions of potential new worlds for humanity to colonize, but interstellar space is so enormous that reaching even the nearest stars and planets by spaceship would take decades at best, and maybe many centuries. Even on arrival terraforming those barren planets would take just as long.

Two options for overcoming the immensity of space and time are the Seed Ship and the Data Ship, automated vessels able to colonize the worlds for us. We will examine those today, their advantages, limitations, and misconceptions, and variations of them we might use to seed the stars.

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Credits:
Seeding the Stars
Episode 166, Season 4 E52

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Alex Chamak
A.T. Long
Cooper de Ruiter
D. Hemanshi
Daniel McNamara
Darius Said
Edward Nardella
Evan Schultheis
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Safia Postgate
Stuart Graham https://beyondnerva.wordpress.com
Sigmund Kopperud

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team:
Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Darth Biomech https://www.artstation.com/darth_biomech
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_...
Justin Dixon
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Mihail Yordanov
Sam McNamara
Serigio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?f...
SpaceResourcesCGI

Audio Editing
Eric Schneider

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Paradox Interactive, Andreas Waldetoft , "Dark Minds" https://www.paradoxplaza.com
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Paradox Interactive, "In Search of Life" https://www.paradoxplaza.com
Serena Elis, "Between the Space" https://soundcloud.com/serenaelis
Taras Harkavyi, "Alpha-and-..." https://www.discogs.com/artist/625697...
Paradox Interactive, Andreas Waldetoft, "The Birth of a Star" https://www.paradoxplaza.com
Ayreon, "The Theory of Everything, Part 1" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO...

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Many believe humanity's future lies among the stars, colonizing distant planets around alien suns, or perhaps building artificial worlds, space habitats, and megastructures. But what if instead of traveling to worlds far away in outer space we create virtual worlds to live in instead, colonizing inner space? We will explore this possibility of simulated universes and what it might mean for humanity, and also ask if this might be a solution to the Fermi Paradox, the strange absence of other life in our own universe.

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Credits:
The Fermi Paradox & Virtual Worlds: Colonizing Inner Space
Episode 167, Season 5 E01

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Alex Chamak
A.T. Long
Cooper de Ruiter
D. Hemanshi
Darius Said
Edward Nardella
Evan Schultheis
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Safia Postgate
Stuart Graham https://beyondnerva.wordpress.com
Sigmund Kopperud
Matthew Campbell

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

Graphics by:
Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_...
Mihail Yordanov
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?f...

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Audio Editor:
Eric Schneider

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me The Odds" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Paradox Interactive, Andreas Waldetoft, "Pillars of Creation" https://www.paradoxplaza.com
Marcus Warner, "The First Few Waves" https://marcuswarnermusic.bandcamp.com
Stellardrone, "Crystal Spheres" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Dont Lie To Inner Child" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com
Paradox Interactive, Andreas Waldetoft, "Faster Than Light" https://www.paradoxplaza.com
Dracovallis, "Elven City" https://dracovallis.bandcamp.com/