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I guess people have always idolized the creeps of the world, though.
So sure maybe I miss out on his generous acts but honestly he does enough bad that I don’t particularly care about any good he does. He’s only doing it for himself anyway.
1. he created the capital he had
2. he is not the only person with capital
3. the opportunities he saw, no one else did
When someone wins the lottery 3 times in a row, it is no longer credible to call it "luck". He's simply a genius.
I don't think he's short of technical skill. I think he is a genius, and I think he's sincere in his desire to make humanity multiplanetary.
I recommend reading the biography to get the facts that aren't penetrating your bubble.
I think Musk is going kind of insane due to ketamine abuse, bipolar disorder, and/or whatever caused his father to go insane around his current age.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PaL38q9a4e8Bzsh3S/elon-musk-...
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/ketamine-...
The only way Elon makes money is through people voluntarily giving it to him in exchange for what he creates.
The subsidies were EV subsidies, which were available for all electric cars.
Everyone with motor dysfunction should suffer so we can stick it to a racist man child? Who’s the villain in that narrative?
I could also say that the neuroscientists I follow don't seem particularly impressed with the research coming out of Neuralink (unlike the rocket people who are all impressed with SpaceX), and also the man himself seems to be using his wealth and sales skills to try to radically shift the Overton Window in several countries including both where I live now and where I grew up, so less benefit than the headline suggests for a higher cost than letting a man-child be a man-child.