James Pala

We will fill the space between the stars with Your cathedrals

[James Pala @ajamespala]

“The Church knew there was no halting Progress; but slowing it, slowing it even by half a century, giving man time to reach a little higher towards true Reason; that was the gift she gave this world. And it was priceless. Did she oppress? Did she hang and burn? A little, yes. But there was no Belsen. No Buchenwald. No Passchendaele.” - from 𝘗𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘦, 1968

For everyone commenting on the Vatican and Pope Leo’s Magnifica Humanitas on AI, I would encourage a reading of this alternate history

It directly addresses what would happen if the Church and governments oppressed new technology because “the modern man was not trained to use power well well”. As you read, you realize this technologically stunted world is not better nor worse, just different. Each decision on technology comes with its own tradeoffs on good and evil.

[Paulina Guzik @Guzik_Paulina]

Christopher Olah, a Canadian billionaire businessman and researcher who co-founded AI giant Anthropic, sitting in the Synodal Hall and speaking next to Pope Leo said, closing his speech:
"I'd like to close with a request.
We need more of the world - religious communities, civil society, scholars, governments - to do what His Holiness has done here: to take this seriously, to look closely, and to push events in a better direction.
We need informed critics who will tell the labs when
we are failing. We need moral voices that the incentives cannot bend.
Today is just the beginning - the start of a long collaboration between those of us who are building this and those who can see what we, from inside, cannot.
Today is a powerful illustration of the form this global project of good will might take.
Let it also be a decisive first step toward a hopeful future for magnificent humanity."

[James Pala @ajamespala]

@RampCapitalLLC And what the third order effects for real estate, retail, offices

[James Pala @ajamespala]

@MurrayHillGuy1 This needs to be normalized to the avg attractiveness per city. Who cares if it’s a CPN of $28 if the avg is a 2

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

The Pope rightly warns that AI must serve human dignity, not become a tool of domination or exclusion.

But if we hand governments sweeping power over AI development in the name of safety, how do we prevent it from being used to censor, surveil, and control citizens — as Orwell foretold in 1984?

This is the real alignment problem.

“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes.” Who will guard the guardians?

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

The oldest questions of human nature and authority don’t disappear in the AI age. They become newly relevant.

[James Pala @ajamespala]

“The Church knew there was no halting Progress; but slowing it, slowing it even by half a century, giving man time to reach a little higher towards true Reason; that was the gift she gave this world. And it was priceless. Did she oppress? Did she hang and burn? A little, yes. But there was no Belsen. No Buchenwald. No Passchendaele.” - from 𝘗𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘦, 1968

[James Pala @ajamespala]

“The Church knew there was no halting Progress; but slowing it, slowing it even by half a century, giving man time to reach a little higher towards true Reason; that was the gift she gave this world. And it was priceless. Did she oppress? Did she hang and burn? A little, yes. But there was no Belsen. No Buchenwald. No Passchendaele.” - from 𝘗𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘦, 1968

[James Pala @ajamespala]

Ah yes the natural product cycle of every space company:

Cool space industry niche -> yet another satellite bus provider

[Vast @vast]

Vast is expanding into high-power satellites. Introducing our new line of high-power satellite buses that leverage the technologies we’ve developed in-house for our Haven-1 space station and validated with the success of our Haven Demo mission. https://t.co/aITDUjQOzF

[James Pala @ajamespala]

@MurrayHillGuy1 Thank you this gives me hope

[James Pala @ajamespala]

@ProjectVirginia @grok has there been any indication that Trump will reannex parts of VA to DC? what would be the credible legal basis for this?

[James Pala @ajamespala]

@santa_m3 @MurrayHillGuy1 You kinda proved my point lol, SD engineering hub or no

[James Pala @ajamespala]

@MurrayHillGuy1 Pls stop giving away our secrets

[James Pala @ajamespala]

@TMTLongShort My contrarian take: 90% of man-hours in the professional world do not have productive output.

This will bring it all to light

[Ryan Kriser @RyanKriser]

The "why" of government space is market formation. Go first. Prove the architecture. De-risk the economics. Then get out of the way. That's not waste — it's how LEO became a $500B economy. Cislunar needs the same playbook. https://t.co/EHb2VBnuUs

[James Pala @ajamespala]

And we will fill the space between the stars with Your cathedrals

[Owen Lewis @is_OwenLewis]

Greco-futurism meets O'Neill Cylinders.

Architecture inspired by @pabloantonio.

[James Pala @ajamespala]

I found my new favorite space poaster

[Owen Lewis @is_OwenLewis]

We will build wonders.

[James Pala @ajamespala]

This my Roman Empire

[TakemoriKohoto @TKohoto]

Unironically, if Starship turns out to be extremely successful and space exploration really ramps up by the late 21st century, then by the 22nd or 23rd century humanity might look back at America as the first true aerospace empire, the one that pushed humans into the space frontier. People in the future could end up admiring the U.S. the same way we look at Rome today, as a civilization that laid the foundation for everything that came after.

[Owen Lewis @is_OwenLewis]

My politics is whatever leads to this.

[James Pala @ajamespala]

The Cislunar Economy will be in the G20 in 2 decades, and this is the catalyst

[LunarOrbiter @LunarOrbiter]

Just released: @NASA Moon Base User’s Guide https://t.co/MLxviYXyvU @NASAMoonbase #ArtemisII #NASA #Moon

[James Pala @ajamespala]

The Cislunar Age of Abundance has started

[Joel C. Sercel, PhD @JoelSercel]

100%!!! The advantage of Cislunar space, especially the highly accessible asteroid population that TransAstra has identified, is that there is an economic reason to go there. Namely, we can harness the materials needed to build massive industries, such as data processing, in space.