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Civilizations at the End of Time: Black Hole Farming

Isaac Arthur · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Cosmology & astrophysicsFuturism & technology and society

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly recommend the whole channel.”

    Black holes for colonization and energy; recommends the whole channel.

    ajuc, 2022-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Can we make a black hole? And if we could, what could we do with it?”

  2. “My go-to entry point for exploring those kinds of questions was Isaac Arthur.”

    Isaac Arthur as entry point, includes farming black holes.

    yourapostasy, 2019-10 · Recommendation · in “Not long ago, the center of the Milky Way exploded”

  3. “Mandatory Isaar Arthur links”

    Part of a list of must-see Isaac Arthur videos.

    cletus, 2020-05 · Recommendation · in “Timeline of the Far Future”

  4. “for everyone else who's intrigued by this comment's concepts - I can recommend watching it.”

    Video likely matching the concept discussed, recommended to the curious.

    lvncelot, 2021-08 · Recommendation · in “A Dyson sphere around a black hole”

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Topics: black hole farming, penrose process, far future, energy harvesting, isaac arthur

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