Can the SEC stand up to the richest man on the planet?
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Forbes publishes the "rich list" but it explicitly excludes royal families, oligarchs and many other sources of wealth/power
b) The rest of us can accept the incentive structure that induces publications to write clickbaity titles like adults, rolling our eyes, and seeing judging the article on its merits. The publications aren't going to miss your attention anyways.
It's interesting to me to think back to my history lessons and all the big industrial revolution companies, and their downfall. There was a time where nearly all the steel in the US and a large part of the world was controlled by one man. From the coal to the iron ore to the rail cars. Same with meat, same with so many other things.
At that time it would have seemed impossible to unseat those unbelievably powerful and rich men and companies would be taken down I the way they were.
Perhaps we're about to live through a similar time in history.
Yes, NPR.
2) Working hard means little. You can dig holes in the ground all day long.
3) Value is created by finding an unmet market for the labor that is available. It’s knowing where to dig that makes the digging valuable.
https://pagesix.com/2022/05/31/elon-musk-and-girlfriend-nata...
That's not to say he doesn't work a lot, but come on...
You literally used this as an argument.
Also, I don't think the problem is how much Musk works. If you ask me at the CEO level working "so hard" shows you don't really understand basic delegation techniques. He does work really hard to project the image he's working hard - I'll give you that.
Also, no matter how hard you work you will never make billions off solely just your work. Ain't gonna happen. At some point you need to start exploiting people.
And you’re right, of course. The amount somebody works really is meaningless.
And you’re right, of course. The amount somebody works really doesn‘t mean a thing. After all, it‘s his own decision. And besides, most people do want to be useful. I mean, why are you here on HN discussing viewpoints with strangers? That‘s a kind of work, isn‘t it?
As you say, there are good ways of working and bad ways. And there are certainly tasks that would deserve getting done much more than others. Which is yet another reason why the mere amount of „sweat“ can rarely be a measure for how much „good“ a person is doing.
Edit: Spelling.
I swear the amount of useless drivel that goes around in a "journalists" head is fever dreams. Elon is apparently the equivalent of Satan and his purchase of Twitter is the "end of democracy" when Trump being president was the "end of democracy". Any speculation or forcing of various branches of government to stop the purchase of Twitter is just petty and begs the question just how valuable Twitter is to the political left.