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Re:Elon Musk: ‘Too many smart people go into finance and law’ by cowmix on Saturday May 09, 2020 @12:25PM (#23126074)
Only through action and example will this start to happen. Before Musk kicked the car and rocket industry both in the nuts, there were hardly any startups in both sectors. Now, there are many in both.

As he's showing, it won't be easy. EVERYONE will try to kill the earnest attempts. For all of Musk's faults, he is trying to show there is another way and how to get there.

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Re:Elon Musk: ‘Too many smart people go into finance and law’ by hn_throwaway_99 on Saturday May 09, 2020 @01:39PM (#23126685)
But again, so what? I mean, on one hand I totally agree with you. But on the other it doesn't change the fact that, societally, the risk-reward profile of things like finance and advertising are much better than other "bigger" pursuits.

I mean, as many others have pointed out, Musk had to get rich first in the finance world before he could get enough F.U. money to indulge his real passions.

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Re:Elon Musk: ‘Too many smart people go into finance and law’ by nicoburns on Saturday May 09, 2020 @02:38PM (#23127268)
> the risk-reward profile of things like finance and advertising are much better than other "bigger" pursuits.

That's precisely the problem that I (and Musk it seems) are pointing out. These activities shouldn't have better reward profiles.

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