Voices from X

Devon Eriksen describes the vision of 'Starfall' — asteroid mining, space manufacturing and full industrialization off-planet that will allow Earth to be reserved for living, farming and a high standard of living while heavy industry and its infrastructure moves to space where power is free and materials abundant.

https://x.com/Devon_Eriksen_/status/2068928868631667044

Devon Eriksen explains the advantages of fissionable material ('spicy rocks') for Earth-based power versus solar for space, and describes the Valar modular nuclear reactor — compact, transportable power plants the size of a train car that can be mass produced and deployed anywhere.

https://x.com/Devon_Eriksen_/status/2069141400726208736

Devon Eriksen argues that what is natural is theft, robbery, and violence by the strong, and that the free market is only "free" because it is deliberately freed from coercion and maintained by using force to stop thieves and bandits. Without protecting property and future investments, complex civilization collapses into chaos and starvation.

https://x.com/Devon_Eriksen_/status/2068619135303508443

Bill Ackman calls it time to celebrate Elon Musk, who has created enormous value for society through SpaceX by driving down the cost of rocket launches and creating a global satellite communication network that brings high speed, low-cost internet to hundreds of millions — and will eventually billions — along with critical advantages for military and defense. SpaceX technologies accelerate wages, wealth, education, business, medicine, compute, and AI. 4,000 employees including hourly workers recently became millionaires. Musk reinvests everything to advance mankind. Socialism would never allow SpaceX; we need more builders like this.

https://x.com/BillAckman/status/2065847551400493112

Brivael Le Pogam describes the abnormal retail rush for SpaceX shares. It's not investing or speculation — ordinary people are voting with their money for the camp of builders and makers over the gray bureaucracy of control and permission.

Brivael Le Pogam, YC-backed CTO of Argil, makes the case for techno-optimism: builders who act without permission, the French system's hostility to enterprise, and why AI multiplies human capacity rather than rationing the future.