Colonizing the sun

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"We contemplate colonizing planets, but what about the stars themselves?
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Containing virtually all the mass and resources of the solar system, the Sun, the Sun is the ultimate asset for a growing interplanetary civilization. While typically assumed too hot to touch and so out of our reach, we will challenge that notion today." - Isaac Arthur

Published on Jan 4, 2018 by Isaac Arthur youtube channel

For ultimate technological efficiency in our solar economy we must mine the sun!

This post is intended to promote discussion of the topics presented in this video by Isaac Arthur and introduce you to the idea of a solar economy.

Could the ideas in this video be a solution for the human condition?

Will encapsulating the main source of resources in our solar system with a man made machine for unfathomable economic production constitute human progress?

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