Our future in the galaxy is typically envisioned as tied to the stars, be it on planets orbiting them or vast megastructures fueled by the alien suns, and yet the true future of humanity might be to dwell in the vast gulfs between the stars or even in a galaxy in which those stars have ceased to exist.

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Credits: Exo-Stellar Civilizations Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 281a, March 14, 2021 Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors: Jason Burbank Jerry Guern Keith Blockus S. Kopperud

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

Graphics: Bryan Versteeg

Fishy Tree Jeremy Jozwik

Katie Byrne

Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ LegionTech Studios

Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Udo Schroeter

Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator