Philosophy
Grounding our mission in ethics and meaning. Philosophy provides the guiding values, ensuring we ask why we strive — illuminating the eternal battle between Virtù and Fortuna, human agency and cosmic fate.
Foundation
Three pillars uphold our mission to extend human meaning until the end of time. Together, they form the architecture of persistence.
Grounding our mission in ethics and meaning. Philosophy provides the guiding values, ensuring we ask why we strive — illuminating the eternal battle between Virtù and Fortuna, human agency and cosmic fate.
Leveraging technology and creativity to transcend biological limits. AI amplifies human intellect and imagination — curating knowledge, generating new ideas, and carrying our stories beyond mortal lifespans.
Expanding humanity's reach beyond Earth. By exploring and colonizing space, we safeguard our lineage against cosmic catastrophes — fulfilling our ancient urge to touch the stars and carry our stories to new worlds.
Pillar I
The philosophical pillar ensures our pursuit remains grounded in meaning and wisdom. It addresses the fundamental values, ethics, and purpose driving the project.
Drawing from Ernest Becker's insights on mortality and meaning, we recognize that humans have always created "immortality projects" — symbolic systems that allow us to transcend individual death. Philosophy helps us navigate Machiavelli's eternal tension between Virtù (human agency) and Fortuna (cosmic fate).
This pillar asks: What is worth striving for? How do we live authentically while facing the void? It provides the guiding star for our technological and exploratory efforts — ensuring they serve a higher humanistic purpose.
Mindset
Tools
Pillar II
The role of intelligence and technology in transcending our biological limits — not just today's AI, but all engineered cognitive tools that amplify human potential.
Knowledge preservation and generative creativity from AI will help carry our stories forward. Advanced systems could curate the collective "Library of Time," simulate scenarios, and perhaps even help facilitate that final symposium by preserving minds or narratives across cosmic timescales.
We take an optimistic view of technology as an extension of humanity — echoing how language and stories extended our minds. It's about partnership with our creations to achieve the longevity of culture and consciousness.
Pillar III
Expanding physical horizons — ensuring humanity and our knowledge are not confined to one fragile planet.
This pillar highlights initiatives like seeking new habitats, establishing off-world archives, and defending against cosmic threats. We "scout Fortune's cosmic threats and expand safety nets through space exploration" — reducing the risk of total annihilation by spreading out.
By pushing into space, we elongate the timeline available to life and civilization. Moving beyond Earth avoids singular catastrophes, buying time in what Carl Sagan called our destiny as "starstuff" — wanderers among the stars.
Arena
Integration
Philosophy provides the why. Artificial Intelligence provides the how. Space Exploration provides the where. Together, they form a coherent strategy for extending human meaning across cosmic time.