Becoming a Kardashev-1 Post-Scarcity Civilization

The Kardashev Scale measures how powerful a high-tech civilization is, with K-1 indicating a advanced society able to call on all the power of their planet, which we often envision as a Post-Scarcity Utopia. Is this the future of Humanity? And if so, how can we achieve it?

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Becoming a Kardashev-1 Post-Scarcity Civilization
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 263; November 5, 2020

Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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S. Kopperud

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[MarkPTP]

Missed opportunity not calling this series 'Keeping up with the Kardashevs'

[JW-hhqg]

I 100% misread the title as saying "Becoming a Kardashian-1 Civilization" and was so confused at what you were doing haha

[Northfordtrailcam]

LOL, "we had to ban the use of the term K-10 civilizations on our FB forum..." Now that's a K-1 civilization problem...

[Inglonias]

oh god you wrote this in August 2020? That's like five years ago in this timeline.

[AnythingMachine]

Isaac, this hope is what we need right now

[storyspren]

I think one thing that could make it easier to reach a post-scarcity civilization would be restructuring society to prioritize that. Stuff like making sure the Maslowian needs we can fill are filled for everyone. And if it's one that can't be directly filled, at least an opportunity would be provided.

Edit to add what I forgot to mention: hopefully it'd be done without being authoritarian about it tho. Gotta make that life worth living too lol.

[davidgifford]

Correction: A. C. Clarke’s first published novel was “Sands of Mars” 1951, his first novel was “Prelude to Space” 1947 (published 1953)-

[sammysamo]

The part about individual education was really comforting to me because I often think that education is what is keeping many people from realizing their potential. Individualized education could really maximize learning based on brain development and our grandchildren could very likely be far more effectively educated regardless of family income. Never thought about that until now! Thank you!

[myriadpath]

Isaac expressing optimism for post-scarcity in our lifetime made me feel real hope for the first time in a long while. thank you!!!

[radioactiveriver]

K-9 civilization: "Ruff-ruff"

[jimBobuu]

"...save for years for a trip home.."

Crap. I live in the past.

[ayoutubechannelname]

I think being able to control the weather, the tides, ocean currents, and tectonic movements should count as K1, as that means you are effectively able to control how that energy is used and deployed, even if not electricity purposes.

[Anonymouthful]

I read that as becoming Kardashian, truly a grim future.

[randallvaughan]

I believe that the biggest obstacle to humanity becoming a post scarcity civilization is the reality that greed is not self-regulating. The most successful among us in accumulating wealth and status can be relied upon to resist useful resource distribution with all the power they can muster.

[DreamskyDance]

6:40 - i remember a time where if you would put up videos like you do now, i would download your video through the night because phone is cheaper and then watch it at a chosen time in the day with my drink and a snack... and that video would be one of few things i would download from the internet a week to keep the phone bill low.
And i am 34.. i've lived through phone connection scarcity..then post scarcity of that.. invention of the internet, scarcity of the internet then post scarcity of internet...
( and not to mention post scarcity of processing power of computer i watch internet on.. processing power post scarcity is being able to have more than one tab in browser opened or more than one program opened at the same time.. )

[pyrrhicwins]

I hope I live long enough to see this happen.
Probably won't, but one can hope.

[thorin]

the lazy post scarcity is probably one of the classic pitfall of extrapolation. Today, if you get unlimited money, you would go to the beach, since currently that is something most people want to do, but cannot. But if you can do it whenever you want it, it suddenly become dull and uninteresting, most probably what we consider today hard and uninteresting job, will become a recreational hobby from the all day doing nothing, yes, nobody ill do it for years all day, every day, but they will do.

Like yes, i could tell the robots and the economy to build my backyard, and it would happen in a day or two, perfectly tailored, but we will want to do it ourselves, just becouse we could, we will waste time and resource, but the post scarcity will com from the ability to waste time and resource on this (and anything else) if we want.

[adamtate]

I found this channel about two weeks ago, when looking for information about O'neal Cylinders and since I've burned through damn near all your videos. These are made with more depth of detail and respect for your audience's intelligence than any other futurism channel I've ever seen.

Amazingly well done, man.

[whitemagicalhat]

"some radiation-scorched wasteland full of violent lunatics"
WAR
WAR NEVER CHANGES

[ABZB]

"Journey is as good as the destination"

*narrows eyes*

Life before death?