Re:The Boring Company will develop an underground “people mo...
by serf on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @07:53PM
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> I'd like to live in a world where rich dickheads act more like Musk and do cool things. It's like living in a comic book. It's fun.
Not to nitpick, but if you were to go by the typical comic-book example most 'rich dickheads' end up being super-villains.
If the question is : Do I want the immensely rich to start moving the world around from under my feet with their unlimited resources in order to do 'Cool Things'?
A: No, I don't. 'Cool Things' is too loosely constrained a parameter to allow trillions of dollars to flow into unchecked. What happens when some ultra-rich individuals definitions of Cool Things involves morally unethical behavior?
Not to nitpick, but if you were to go by the typical comic-book example most 'rich dickheads' end up being super-villains.
If the question is : Do I want the immensely rich to start moving the world around from under my feet with their unlimited resources in order to do 'Cool Things'?
A: No, I don't. 'Cool Things' is too loosely constrained a parameter to allow trillions of dollars to flow into unchecked. What happens when some ultra-rich individuals definitions of Cool Things involves morally unethical behavior?
Do I like Musks' ideas and plans?
A: Yes.