"“People, in general, are unaware of the danger they are in, that with no way to personally go into space, no need for their labor in the face of robotic artificial intelligence, and no way to gain an ownership share in the industry, they will be left behind both economically and politically, unless steps are taken during the startup period,"

“There is so much to learn, but also so much to unlearn... And perhaps not surprisingly, even our approach to learning has changed.”

“I am convinced that it is possible for us to be united by our ideals, instead of divided by our differences."—Sheyene Gerardi”

“It is not the system that recreates a child’s life, but the people working within it, not because the system works but because there are people within the system who are willing to do whatever it takes to make sure that a child has everything he or she deserves.”

“Creating industry on the Moon and Mars and in space with asteroids is not rocket science; it is industrial engineering where we need to adapt existing technologies to a new environment,”

“Because planned economies have historically failed, new modeling techniques are needed.”

“Workers who don’t share ownership of the robots will be reduced to political powerlessness far worse than their conditions today. We have the opportunity to solve this problem during the bootstrapping period while human labor is still needed for space industry,”