Civilizations at the End of Time: Black Hole Farming

Why HN readers recommended it

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

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Isaac Arthur

Topic

black hole civilizations

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• Some other uses of black holes: - space propulsion [LINK] - colonization and energy source [VIDEO] - weapons [LINK] I highly recommend the whole channel.

• My go-to entry point for exploring those kinds of questions was Isaac Arthur. He goes into the Kardashev scale [1], dying Earth [2], dying stars [3], farming black holes [4], and going past iron stars [5]. A Boltzmann Brain's description bears remarkable similarity to the …

• 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]