Civilizations at the End of Time: The Big Rip

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Current science and cosmology tell us the Universe will slowly die and ebb away countless trillions of trillions of years from now, but another model - the Big Rip - says that end may come far sooner, ripped apart by dark energy. Could civilizations survive the Universe itself being torn apart at the atomic scale?

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Civilizations at the End of Time: The Big Rip
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 326; January 20, 2022
Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Yamagishi

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

Graphics:
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Udo Schroeter

Music Courtesy of:
Markus Junnikkala https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Lombus https://lombus.bandcamp.com
AJ Prasad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Stellardrone https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com