"The goal was to construct a 'bunker/shelter' that would be used for 'some event where 50%-99.99% of people die,' the memo read. The surviving effective altruists were to build a lab for engineering the next generation of humans."
"We were hoping that Mars settlement would drag up the entire space industry. But AI swept in like a storm. Everybody woke up and realized, 'No, this is the killer app for space.'” - @DrPhiltill