Satellite networks, commercial space stations, lunar mining, microgravity manufacturing and data centers in space all vying for investment and attention. And yet despite the commercialization, NASA is returning to the Moon and China is breathing down their neck. State power still dominates the frontier. National security still drives the agenda. And pays for launch. This week, we Think On Paper with Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau, authors of Space To Grow. How do we stop humanity taking its failures to space? Can we take civilization to the stars and still make it economically viable? (00:00 Setting The Scene (03:35) Microgravity (07:43 Economic Incentives (12:14 Political Cycles (17:09 International Collaboration (18:45 National Security in Space (21:36 Space Exploration (24:27) A Day Without Space (28:49) Space Investment (30:37) Space-Based Data Centers (33:40) Space Resources (38:26) Governance in Space (40:55) A New Space Treaty

If SEO is really dying, I'm happy. Because what I find really exciting about GEO (generative engine optimization) is the potential to transcend the slop and the surface level hype and get solid, researched and deep content in front of an audience that SEO never allowed. SEO has always been a game about backlinks and popularity and no amount of pandering to the title, alt tags, J-son or keyword stuffing is going to convince me otherwise. Google set up the internet to favour the big guns, might LLMs shift the power back to the content with the most insight, learnings, entertainment and worth? youtube.com/watch?v=z6DniGw4…

Thinking on Paper has new episodes dropping faster than EL Nino smashes temperature records. Next up, GEO. Yes, SEO is if not dead, dying a beautiful death... This is what replaces it. #geo youtube.com/watch?v=z6DniGw4…

GEO. Generative Engine Optimization is the new marketing and advertising game in town. Today we get to the core of what it is, why it matters and how to use it effectively. youtube.com/watch?v=z6DniGw4…

I was an intern on the Space Shuttle the summer it was announced that it would be retired. If that wasn’t heartbreaking enough, that same summer I read Oneill’s High Frontier which outlined cities in space made possible by low cost heavy launch vehicles. A future the Space Shuttle program could have enabled in the early 2000’s. After I got declined a job at SpaceX out of college I decided to build the infrastructure in space companies that would be needed once SpaceX solved chapter one of that book “launch.” It was a stand on the shoulder of giants career route. Made In Space was built for that reason and now so is Outpost. O’Neill postulated that the cities in space would be for space based solar power. It may turn out that they are for data centers, or for space made materials. But regardless the business rationale, they will be for human expansion. The long term value of SpaceX is in the creation of this wildly exciting future. When we have inside-out worlds at L5 SpaceX will be worth far more than it is today, and so will Outpost and all the other companies that play a critical role in enabling this future. Because a planetary surface is not the best place for an expanding technological civilization. GO SPACEX. GO SPACE INDUSTRY!

The UK creates some of the most advanced and impactful technology on the planet. Then the founders and entrepreneurs get seduced by US money and markets. It doesn't have to be like this... does it? youtube.com/watch?v=hIZChvqW…

UK technology gets a hard time from the US. Yes, it can produce talent, but it can't keep it. But does the tech convergence change that? Can the UK compete globally? Can it keep its robotics and quantum entrepreneurs and companies? We spoke to @techUK to find out. youtube.com/watch?v=hIZChvqW…

Set is ready @elonmusk. We record Thinking On Paper from my daughters bedroom whilst she is at school. I can shoot anytime in the next 278 days. You don't need to move. Thinking On Paper isn't about fancy sets, it's the words that matter. You can film on your phone. Preparation is re-reading every Iain M Banks book.

Is curiosity an emotion, a thought, or something else entirely?

Is AI conscious? The question everyone is asking and nobody will ever be able to answer. The hard problem of consciousness is hard for a reason. Another question which is easier to answer... do you want AI to be conscious?

If you joined @SpaceX after reading my book on @elonmusk and will soon be rich, please subscribe to Core Memory 🤣 or just leave a story here

Is @NASAAdmin mad? Is the @NASAMoonBase going to happen? Will China beat us there? What are the technological gaps? And once again, that bloomin dust is in the way @DrPhiltill A page by page breakdown of the Moon Base User Guide. youtube.com/watch?v=Hrw4sO2N…

How does the UK stop its best tech founders and entrepreneurs moving to America?

From our upcoming episode on the state of technology in the UK and what Blighty does better than the rest of the world.

The travelling salesman problem. But for asteroid mining. . #SpaceTech #Asteroids #AI

Honestly I think Bernie is discussing a real problem that needs solving. When AI robotics is producing 99.9% of economic value, which may be in just a few decades, it will create unprecedented concentration of wealth and power and that will create unprecedented social issues. Can democracy even function then? But I am sure it would only make the problem worse — far, far worse — if we put the political class, wherein party bosses wield power in back room deals, in charge of a sovereign wealth fund that holds 50% of the equity of the entire economy. I would much rather have 10,000 business people competing for that power in the open than a half dozen party bosses behind closed doors. However, we do need to prevent monopolies and trusts, IMHO, and make other changes that are TBD. That’s my 2 cents.

About bloody time. I was beginning to get uncontrollable delusions of grandeur.

Your business doesn't have a bottleneck. This is a bottleneck. Get a new word AI.

Rare earths get all the publicity, all the fame. Everyone wants rare earths in their life. But what about lithium? What about copper? Why are they side-lined? There are 17 rare earths. They have strength in numbers. The true work horses of the tech stack deserve some of the limelight! Step up lithium and copper, your time is now. youtube.com/watch?v=icytM-Hs…

ESCAPED! Quantum supercomputer. Last seen legging it to Nvidia. open.spotify.com/episode/1u0…

Even quantum computers are becoming servants to the AI master. youtube.com/watch?v=pigjajbk…