Re:Twitter restored ElonJet account
by mplewis on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @09:22PM
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The thing that makes me think twice about that argument is that Elon has just spent an enormous sum of money on a social media website that doesn’t seem to further the goals of materially improving the world.
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Re:Twitter restored ElonJet account
by schiffern on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @09:32PM
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It's not all-or-nothing. Musk can still deliver a net environmental benefit without every activity being directed solely toward that goal.
Re:Twitter restored ElonJet account
by _carbyau_ on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @11:03PM
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Well, I too perform activities and if they fail to benefit humanity at large then colour me disappointed.
In essence, billionaires are humans like the rest of us. If we're asked to make concessions, they should have to make the same concessions.
Mind you, social morality (IE the "We should stop flying so much!" idea) not backed up by law is toothless and ignorable. Which Elon is clearly doing.
> doesn’t seem to further the goals of materially improving the world.
why should that be a goal of his? I mean, unless you expect that just because he's rich, that he's obliged, how his enormous amount of money is spent is not something anyone else can critisize.