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Re:Google Nears $1 Billion Investment in SpaceX by quattrofan on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @07:11AM (#8916541)
"improves the daily lives of hundreds of millions of people" really? I bit grandiose dont you think.
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Re:Google Nears $1 Billion Investment in SpaceX by pjc50 on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @07:23AM (#8916572)
.. by a small amount, yes. Communication is valuable to people. Having a better alternative to SMS is evidently something people prefer, however slightly.
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Re:Google Nears $1 Billion Investment in SpaceX by quattrofan on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @02:20PM (#8924984)
Agreed communication is valuable, but there are many options available. Just when I see "improving lives" I think of say clean drinking water in parts of Africa that don't have it.

Yeah I am being pedantic, but sometimes I get annoyed at how much these tech companies big themselves up when in the big scheme of human things they are largely irrelevant.

This comes from a guy that loves tech by the way!

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