Science has made breathtaking progress in describing who we are and how we got here. 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 is a media production 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 accomplish this by developing film, TV, documentaries, audio projects, and magazine articles from the stories, books, research papers, real-life events, and other forms of intellectual property created by these folks. We also provide a foundation for scientists to establish themselves as an integral part of the media industry's creative processes — not just to advise on how spaceships, black holes, and time-machines work, but 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 that there is no lack of creative talent among the world's greatest 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 physicist Fred Hoyle exploring the possibility of alien contact in a dramatic sci-fi novel, 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 appeal to the wider public, someone needs to have the expertise to dive into the science and think creatively about how to communicate it for a broad audience. This is the process for which Protostellar Media has been built. We specialize in knowing how to infuse inspiring ideas into the stories that Hollywood and other sectors of the media industry distribute 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.