The Prison Planet Problem - Exiled to Space

Would we ever colonize space with prisoners? From penal colonies to prison planets, we explore whether exile could become a second chance, a new civilization, or a nightmare with rockets.

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The Prison Planet Problem - Exiled to Space

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

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Chapters

Intro

2:30 The Old Logic in a New Sky

6:45 The Prison Planet as a Phase

11:23 Would We Ever Need Prisoner Colonists?

16:13 Punishment, Pardon, or Purpose?

19:33 The Second Wave

24:52 Mad Kings

25:57 The Dark Version, and the Better One

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