Kay

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[Kay @kay_myg]

Type I won’t come from stretching today’s limits, it comes from solar. Only sunlight scales cleanly across planetary and eventually orbital infrastructure. Solar is the bridge from a planetary civilization (Type I) to a spacefaring one (Type II and beyond). @elonmusk really has done his homework.

[Kay @kay_myg]

Humanity wants superintelligence, abundance and a Kardashev Type I future. But what does it actually take to become the first civilization on the Kardashev scale? The answer isn't build more, it's confronting the brutal arithmetic of energy.
Here's the math:

[Kay @kay_myg]

@banteg how does @claudeai think a restrictive model is a progressive model, people need it to probably improve their research and probably do important simulations for projects but they fear people could misuse it? why did they release it then...

[Kay @kay_myg]

@earthcurated what does that makes a donkey feel?

[Kay @kay_myg]

@KenyaRailways_ have you guys ever done a benchmarking for light rail systems in Japan or China and have a proper PPP to enable that linking satellite towns and matatu saccos become feeder and last-mile operators, not phased out, integrated with revenue share plus station?

[Kay @kay_myg]

@SpaceX ...its not just an earthly company, it’s a galactic startup.

[Kay @kay_myg]

@SpaceX ...its not just an earthly company, it’s a galactic startup.

[Kay @kay_myg]

Type I won’t come from stretching today’s limits, it comes from solar. Only sunlight scales cleanly across planetary and eventually orbital infrastructure. Solar is the bridge from a planetary civilization (Type I) to a spacefaring one (Type II and beyond). @elonmusk really has done his homework.

[Kay @kay_myg]

@Polymarket i have a thought on why people should go all in into SpaceX IPO...its not just an earthly company, it’s a galactic startup.
https://t.co/AxsqcIfUYg

[Kay @kay_myg]

Type I won’t come from stretching today’s limits, it comes from solar. Only sunlight scales cleanly across planetary and eventually orbital infrastructure. Solar is the bridge from a planetary civilization (Type I) to a spacefaring one (Type II and beyond). @elonmusk really has done his homework.

[Kay @kay_myg]

i like posting coz i learn from my own posts

[Kay @kay_myg]

@Fact must be a tweet from Jim Cramer

[Kay @kay_myg]

Type I won’t come from stretching today’s limits, it comes from solar. Only sunlight scales cleanly across planetary and eventually orbital infrastructure. Solar is the bridge from a planetary civilization (Type I) to a spacefaring one (Type II and beyond). @elonmusk really has done his homework.

[Kay @kay_myg]

7. AI and data centers already consume 0.6 TW. If future AI used just 1% of a Type I civilization's energy budget (100 TW), compute infrastructure would need to scale ~170×. Intelligence doesn't replace energy, it depends on it. @SpaceX also pivots here.

[Kay @kay_myg]

Humanity wants superintelligence, abundance and a Kardashev Type I future. But what does it actually take to become the first civilization on the Kardashev scale? The answer isn't build more, it's confronting the brutal arithmetic of energy.
Here's the math:

[Kay @kay_myg]

6. Space solar avoids Earth's surface constraints. But with today's silicon cells and rockets, we'd need orbital arrays spanning >37 million km². Physics allows it. Our industrial capacity does not. This definitely doable and safest

[Kay @kay_myg]

@WIRED why would anyone want to live longer than 100 yrs?

[Kay @kay_myg]

in the early 2000s, reports began emerging out of China regarding a masterpiece of chemistry: completely synthetic, man-made chicken eggs. What was fascinating isn't just the fraud, but the complex chemistry required to pull it off for just a few cents per egg: