Explore the mind-blowing ethical challenges of transforming Mars into a habitable planet! 🔴➡️🌍
Is terraforming humanity’s next great adventure or a massive moral minefield? In this video, we dive deep into:
⭐ The potential benefits of creating a “backup planet” for humanity
⭐ Massive resource trade-offs and opportunity costs
⭐ Unexpected ethical considerations about introducing life to Mars
Whether you’re a space enthusiast, ethical thinker, or just curious about humanity’s future, this video unpacks the complex questions surrounding Mars terraforming.
Can we really terraform Mars and turn the it into a home for humans? Elon Musk says yes.
What does Elon want to do and what are the challenges? In this video, we explore the science behind transforming Mars into a habitable planet – from using orbital mirrors and nanorods to creating oceans and atmospheres. In this video, I break down the real possibilities and challenges of making Mars our second home.
In this video, I talk about my story of how I came to find my life purpose by dedicating myself to improving the world as much as possible.
I now live on $45,000 AU (after tax and adjusted for inflation from 2016) a year and donate the rest to charities that make a real impact. In this video, I’ll explain why I chose this path, how it’s brought me true happiness, and how I still live comfortably.
Consider taking the Giving What We Can pledge—no matter the amount, it can make a big impact! Try the Giving What We Can trial pledge.
Exciting news! I’ve partnered with a professional video editor for my latest video on the space probe Hera. I hope you enjoy it with the improved production quality (hopefully, but not too hard considering I’m not an editor)!
ESA’s Hera mission, launching on the 7th of October 2024, will investigate the aftermath of NASA’s DART asteroid deflection test on Dimorphos. This video explores Hera’s objectives, including detailed crater imaging and internal structure mapping using CubeSats, and explains why asteroid deflection technology is crucial for planetary defense.
In this video, learn about the various asteroid deflection methods, the challenges of understanding asteroid structures, and how Hera’s findings could shape future space exploration and Earth protection strategies.
I wanted to know how radioactive my neighbourhood is, so I got a Geiger-Müller and tested it. In this video, I explain what a GM counter is and talk about radiation exposure.
The GM counter I used in this video was a FS-5000 model.
Thank you again to EA Funds for supporting this channel with a grant. Onwards and upwards!
Have you ever wondered how astronauts stay safe in the event of a failed launch? That’s where the launch escape system comes in. These come in three flavours, solid rocket motor, liquid rocket motor, or ejector seat. In this video, we’ll talk about how these work, and show you some live examples using the spaceflight simulator Reentry.
LES’s that we cover: Mercury, Apollo, Soyuz, Shenzou, SpaceX’s crew Dragon capsule, Boeing’s Starliner, Blue Origin’s New Shephard, Gemeni, and Vostok. We also cover why the space shuttle didn’t have an LES, and what it had instead.
Have scientists found Dyson spheres around nearby stars, proving the existence of advanced alien civilisations? You’d be forgiven for thinking they did, given the headlines recently. While it’s premature to say this is what we’ve discovered, the reality is pretty interesting anyway.
In this video, I discuss what Dyson spheres are, what they might be used for, and what these recent studies actually found. I explore other concepts like the Kardashev scale, Matrioshka brains, and interstellar travel.
In this video, I summarise some of the arguments for and against thinking the future will go well (assuming no extinction event occurs), and discuss how to think about prioritisation of reducing extinction-risk vs focusing on generally improving the longrun future for longtermists. I discuss some key writings on this topic, such as Nick Bostrom’s Astronomical Waste, Joe Carlsmith’s Actually Possible: Thoughts on Utopia, and Jacy Reese Anthis’ The Future Might not be so Great.
Regretfully, I have been neglecting my blog lately. However, I’ve been actively making videos for TikTok and Youtube for the last few weeks, and have been enjoying that a lot. At the moment, I’m mostly making videos about space science, but we’ll see what the future holds.
I resisted TikTok for many years. I did make an account quite early and posted two videos, but after hearing some early security/privacy concerns, I deleted my account. Eventually I decided the opportunity for TikTok as a communication platform was greater than the risk.
It’s certainly a strange time to get into TikTok, creating my account within days of a TikTok ban being announced in the US.
I ran for the Animal Justice Party in the electorate of Grayndler in the 2022 Australian Federal Election (also for Inner West Council last year). I received 1.2% of the first preference vote, which frankly I was very disappointed with, not least because the One Nation candidate, who doesn’t live in the area, did no campaigning, and who the media couldn’t even find any information on, received 1.5%. Perhaps the strong Greens presence in the area means they take all our potential votes.
I’d like to share two videos I made recently regarding the election. First is an explanation of why I was running, second is a discussion of what it’s like being a candidate (made after the election). The latter was quite a personal and candid account of the hard side of being a candidate, something I don’t hear a lot of people talk about.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO3qHX5Ihw4]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W26qbnD5M-I]
Election results
Labor has formed government. For animals, things will be a little better. The new prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has reiterated that Labor is committed to ending live sheep export (though have not produced a timeline yet). However, on many meaningful animal issues, Labor is only a little or not at all better than LNP.
A large influx of Greens and teal independent MPs in both the House of Representatives and Senate might lead to some improvements, but not as much as if Labor had formed a minority government and Greens and/or teal independents held the balance of power, or made a coalition with Labor (that would have been interesting). In the Senate, Greens + Labor is looking like 38 seats, which is half of 76 – 1 shy of a majority, which may hold some bargaining power.