Go to Mars.
I used to believe he was a good person actually thinking about the best for humanity (although going to Mars is not the way to do that IMO). But then he turned full nazi so yeah...
As these people drive progress forward and most of us benefit from the side effects. Just don’t get too close.
Of people, who they're willing to subject to absolute poverty, and worse, to have their goals achieved.
Millions of people are left unhappy so that they can say "I made this money yuge[, and did it all by myself]".
Why does a track star strive to run faster when they can already easily a 4:00 mile and running a 3:42 would be of no practical difference in their life? It’s for the drive not the result.
But in pursuit of these made up goals the industry ruins very real lives by widening the gap between the rich and poor :(
One might just as well ask why the person with the largest collection of toasters (https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-c...) wants them since there's a limit to how much toast he can consume. Soime people have passions and they work to realize them, whether it's something silly toasters or something crass like as wealth and power.