Civilizations at the End of Time: Black Hole Farming

Isaac Arthur · 934.2K views · 2016-07-15 · 36:06

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Overview

An Isaac Arthur episode on civilizations in the dark, post-stellar universe, including black hole farming, accretion disks and the Penrose process as energy sources.

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HN points to it for black hole energy and colonization ideas and recommends the whole channel.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2018–2023

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Cosmology & astrophysics Futurism & technology and society

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ajuc · 2022-05 · Strong recommendation
Some other uses of black holes: - space propulsion [LINK] - colonization and energy source [VIDEO] - weapons [LINK] I highly recommend the whole channel.
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lvncelot · 2021-08 · Recommendation
I'm pretty sure you're referencing this video: [VIDEO] But on the off-chance you're not - and for everyone else who's intrigued by this comment's concepts - I can recommend watching it.
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cletus · 2020-05 · Recommendation
Mandatory Isaar Arthur links: - Civilizations at the End of Time: Iron Stars [1] - Civilizations at the End of Time: Black Hole Farming [2] - Boltzman Brains and the Anthropic Principle [3] [4] [1]: [LINK] [2]: [VIDEO] [3]: [LINK] [4]: [LINK]
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