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The universe is unimaginably large. There are hundreds of billions of galaxies. Each galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars. Around many of those stars are planets. And on a significant fraction of those planets, the conditions should be right for life. Statistically, the cosmos should be overflowing with civilizations far older and more advanced than ours. So where is everyone?

00:00 End of All Cosmic Civilizations
01:16 The Great Filter
11:29 Energy Consumption
15:38 Technological Destruction
22:54 Artificial Intelligence
27:55 Socio-political Limitations
32:35 Technological Limitations
36:00 The Search For More Samples

Aperture explores the ideas shaping how we think — philosophy, psychology,
and the hidden forces behind human behavior. New perspectives, every week.

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