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Entropy RisingAuthor: Jacob and Lucas Space Exploration & Speculative Fiction
Entropy Rising is a science fiction podcast and futurism podcast that explores the real science behind the future of humanity.Hosted by Jacob Hyatt and Lucas, this sci-fi podcast breaks down topics like space exploration, Dyson swarms, interstellar travel, AI, and advanced civilizations using real engineering and physics.If youre looking for a science fiction podcast that goes beyond stories and asks whats actually possible, this show connects speculative ideas to real-world science.Each episode covers big questions like:Could we colonize Venus or Mars?What would a Dyson swarm actually look like?Are we alone in the universe?How would space warfare really work?Whether youre into speculative fiction, engineering podcasts, or space exploration podcasts, Entropy Rising gives you grounded, no-BS explanations of the future.New episodes explore the intersection of science fiction, technology, and reality, built for listeners who want more than surface-level takes. Language: en-us Genres: Fiction, Physics, Science, Science Fiction Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Have You Ever Considered That We May Not Need Planets at All?
Episode 59
Monday, 5 October, 2026
What if planets are actually one of the least efficient places for an advanced civilization to live?In this episode of Entropy Rising, we explore why humanity may eventually move away from planets and build massive space habitats instead. We compare terraforming Mars or Venus with constructing O’Neill cylinders and other artificial habitats, and look at how a mature space economy could use asteroids, Mercury, and other planetary resources to create vastly more living space than planets provide.We also dig into what life inside these habitats could actually look like: customized environments, farms, cities, nature preserves, and entire communities designed from the ground up. Rather than cramped space stations, future habitats could hold anywhere from thousands to millions of people and eventually scale into much larger structures like McKendree cylinders, Bishop rings, and Topopolises.The biggest advantage may be scale. A planet uses most of its mass simply to produce gravity, while that same material could potentially be converted into an enormous number of rotating habitats and far more usable living area. That raises a strange possibility: instead of terraforming planets, future civilizations may harvest them for raw materials and build millions of artificial worlds in space. And once civilization already lives in self-sufficient habitats, interstellar expansion starts to look very different. A habitat can remain a home whether it is orbiting the Sun or spending centuries traveling to another star, making generation ships and distributed interstellar civilizations far more practical.Would you rather live on a planet or inside a massive space habitat?Support the showWebsite: https://www.entropy-rising.com/
