Re:Ask HN: Why Do We Act Like Elon Musk Is Super-Man?
by Nursie on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @11:25AM
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Yup.
Basically it comes down to "If I were a really rich guy then I would totally make electric cars and space stuff, that's awesome".
I guess he also managed not to step on any toes or mudyd the waters too much - the B&M Gates foundation does amazing work, but there's the legacy of MS and its dirty tricks there. And Steve Jobs did... what with his fortune? Obviously we don't know what he might have done were he still alive.
That's not to say other billionaires are less deserving of praise, or that Musk actually deserves the hero-worship he gets, just that Musk is a bit of a fantasy for nerds I suppose.
Basically it comes down to "If I were a really rich guy then I would totally make electric cars and space stuff, that's awesome".
I guess he also managed not to step on any toes or mudyd the waters too much - the B&M Gates foundation does amazing work, but there's the legacy of MS and its dirty tricks there. And Steve Jobs did... what with his fortune? Obviously we don't know what he might have done were he still alive.
That's not to say other billionaires are less deserving of praise, or that Musk actually deserves the hero-worship he gets, just that Musk is a bit of a fantasy for nerds I suppose.