Re:I’m Done Pretending SF Tech Is Visionary
by drakonandor on Monday October 10, 2016 @04:12PM
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The primary obstacle of the "real problems" mentioned is people.
For example, consider that:
Sometimes people don't want to be helped (see: many homeless)
Sometimes leaders don't want their people to be helped, because they gain from keeping them down (see: African warlords / government leaders embezzling aid)
When faced with SOCIAL problems like these, it's no wonder that someone of a 'hacker' mindset like Elon instead prefers to devote his time to solving problems which instead have technological roadblocks (well, maybe not entirely applicable in the case of Tesla or SolarCity).
For example, consider that:
Sometimes people don't want to be helped (see: many homeless)
Sometimes leaders don't want their people to be helped, because they gain from keeping them down (see: African warlords / government leaders embezzling aid)
When faced with SOCIAL problems like these, it's no wonder that someone of a 'hacker' mindset like Elon instead prefers to devote his time to solving problems which instead have technological roadblocks (well, maybe not entirely applicable in the case of Tesla or SolarCity).