#1 = trust. you don't put anything valuble somewhere, or with anyone you can't trust. which spans the gamut of context, circumstances, and stakes.

Yep - song of the day - if the shoe fits:

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"If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat. Just get on." -- Eric Schmidt.

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"History won't remember our white papers or policy debates. It will remember one thing: did we rise to meet this moment?". Easy dependency or hard sovereignty?. Full manifesto:

The path ahead is hard: "The easy path has led us to dangerous dependency. The hard path leads back to sovereignty, security, and the deep satisfaction that comes from building things that matter.".

Security isn't just about defense spending. It's about capability:. "Security requires tireless vigilance—code that traps thieves, critical infrastructure that defies collapse, and tools that outpace what the world's worst actors can throw at us.".

"We must forge a new covenant between generations: the masters of yesterday's technologies passing their hard-won wisdom to the pioneers of tomorrow's breakthroughs.". Per Aspera is building the central nervous system for this movement.

Enter @peraspera__us — a new research group and media brand for people engaged in 'hard pursuits.'. "We're here because society's biggest challenges need more than lone geniuses—they need a team, a culture, and a playbook.".

The challenge isn't just capital—it's people. By 2030, we need:. • 20,000+ scientists.• 221,000 mining professionals.• 2.1 million manufacturing workers.• 67,000 semiconductor manufacturing roles. A renaissance depends on expanding beyond a technical elite.

But here's the inspiring part: A revival is brewing. Reusable spacecraft, micro-reactors, factory homes, drones, autonomous cars and planes, "strong" AI, supersonic flight, even revived dire wolves. Peraspera calls it the deep-tech renaissance. 🚀.

Here's what we lost when we separated design from manufacturing:. "To create a superior product, you cannot isolate yourself from the build process. If you do that, you lose the insight into the subtleties of lifetime, speed, temperature control.".

More evidence of decline:. • Traffic congestion costs the U.S. economy $150-190 billion annually.• Power grid: Last major overhaul was in the 1970s—modernization would take 50+ years.• Manufacturing: 70% of skilled workers are over 45, many Boomer-owned.

The regression is stark:. • 1947: Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier.• 1950s: Boeing 707s flew at 600 mph.• Today: Commercial jets crawl at 560 mph.• Space: Apollo 17 left the moon in 1972. No human has traveled past low Earth orbit since.

We took the 'meat out of the sandwich'—keeping design and marketing but outsourcing the actual building, fabrication, and supply chain. For decades, we dismantled the integrated chain of American innovation. This separation fatally undermined our capabilities.

🧵 THREAD: America chose the easy path. We chased quick profits over building things that matter. The cost? We're now dangerously dependent on others for critical technologies we once mastered. Here's how we lost our way—and how @peraspera__us is leading the fight back. 🚀

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Did not know 'ad astra per aspera' is Latin for 'to the stars through hardships' - forever changed. earth-shattering.