Entropy Rising

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If We Have Spaceships, We’ll Have Space Pirates

2026-09-1436:57

Space piracy sounds like something straight out of science fiction, but if humanity builds a large economy beyond Earth, crime will almost certainly follow it. Ships will be carrying fuel, equipment, raw materials, valuable technology, and potentially enormous amounts of cargo between planets, moons, stations, and mining operations. So what would piracy actually look like when there are no oceans, no hidden coves, and every maneuver is governed by orbital mechanics? In this episode, we explor...

First Contact With Aliens Happens Tomorrow. What Do We Do?

2026-09-0734:21

What would actually happen if humanity made first contact with intelligent alien life, and would discovering an advanced extraterrestrial civilization unite us, divide us, or completely change our future? Support Entropy Rising on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/EntropyRising In this episode, Jacob and Lucas explore several very different first contact scenarios, starting with what may be the most realistic: detecting a technological civilization 50 or 100 light-years away. Even if commu...

Could Simulation Theory Solve the Fermi Paradox?

2026-08-3124:50

Simulation theory, the Fermi paradox, the Zoo Hypothesis, alien civilizations, digital consciousness, and Matrioshka brains all raise one strange possibility: what if advanced civilizations stop exploring space and choose simulated realities instead? Support us on Pateron: https://www.patreon.com/c/EntropyRising In this episode of Entropy Rising, we explore whether simulation theory could offer an explanation for the Fermi paradox and why we still haven’t found evidence of advanced extrater...

Changing Humans Might Be Easier Than Terraforming Mars

2026-08-2431:18

Could genetically engineered humans be the key to colonizing Mars and exploring deep space? In this episode of Entropy Rising, we explore genetic engineering, transhumanism, human augmentation, Mars colonization, and the future of space travel to ask a strange question: instead of terraforming other planets, could we redesign humans to survive them? Humans evolved for one very specific environment: Earth. Space exposes us to radiation, low gravity, extreme temperatures, toxic dust, and envir...

Orbital Rings Are More Realistic Than You Think

2026-08-1729:56

Orbital rings might be one of the most practical megastructures humanity could eventually build. They could provide cheap access to orbit, move massive amounts of material between Earth and space, and avoid many of the problems that come with space elevators. In this episode of Entropy Rising, we break down how orbital rings actually work, why they don’t require impossible materials, and how an actively supported ring around a planet could become the backbone of a future spacefaring civilizat...

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