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Mar 2, 2024

The Philosophy of Star Trek [Federation, Post Scarcity Economy, Alien Cultures]

Posted by in categories: alien life, economics, existential risks

Star Trek is the most popular and longest running Sci-Fi franchise in American history. Created by Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek follows the various crew of Starfleet in their missions across the galaxy.

This presentation showcases the inspiration behind Star Trek, how the Federation came to be, examines the post-scarcity economy featured in their future Earth society, and explores the philosophies of all of the major alien cultures shown throughout the Star Trek series.

00:00 — Intro.
09:38 — The Augments.
14:06 — World War 3
15:13 — Post Atomic Horror.
15:45 — First Contact.
17:47 — The Vulcans.
23:30 — Post-Scarcity Economy.
33:24 — The Federation.
45:22 — The Maquis.
48:26 — The Romulans | The Cardassians | The Klingons.
52:00 — The Ferengi.
1:00:00 — The Dominion.
1:06:08 — The Borg.
1:13:34 — Conclusion.
1:16:01 — Outro

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