Science has made astonishing progress in uncovering who we are, how we got here, and where we may be going. But that progress has also resulted in a widened gap between what we as a species know about ourselves and our universe, and the knowledge that makes its way into the hearts and minds of individual humans. 

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Protostellar Media is a media company designed to close that gap. We help scientists, futurists, academics, philosophers, and every other type of 'big-thinker' use their ideas as the foundations for storytelling. We do this by developing film, TV, documentaries, audio projects, magazine articles, and other forms of narrative content inspired by the books, research papers, data sets, and real-life events created by these folks. We provide a foundation for scientists to establish themselves as part of the media industry's creative processes — not just to advise on how spaceships and AI machines might work in a specific story, but also to help tell their own stories; stories that say a little something about the nature of reality, and how we might best live inside it.

 

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We've found no lack of creative talent among the world's brightest minds. Whether it's renowned philosopher Nick Bostrom chewing over the ethics of life extension through a fantasy about a tyrannical dragon, or biologist E.O Wilson writing about the benefits of social cooperation through a fable set inside an ant colony, or anthropologist Helen Fisher using Shakespearian poetry to teach us about the science of romantic love, for decades scientists have been infusing their biggest ideas into compelling stories made for everyone.

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These are stories that have been largely ignored by traditional media's voracious consumption of intellectual property, nostalgia titles, and popular brands. For such stories to make their way to the wider public, someone needs to have the industry expertise to dive into the science and think creatively about how to communicate it for studio executives, producers, and publishers. This is the process for which Protostellar Media has been built. We specialize in knowing how to bring inspiring ideas into the stories that the media industry produces, distributes, and exhibits to the world.

 

If we succeed, we hope it might help humanity get to wherever it's going just a little faster.​

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Protostellar Media was founded in 2021 by Namir Khaliq.