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> Funny how there are people with much more money than Musk, who do absolutely nothing useful with it, but Musk draws criticism for details. There are other bi
by grondilu 9y ago
> Funny how there are people with much more money than Musk, who do absolutely nothing useful with it, but Musk draws criticism for details.
There are other billionaires that do useful stuff. If they grab less attention it's probably because they are less controversial, and probably because what they make more sense.
For instance, the breakthrough starship initiative, to remain in the space exploration domain, is also funded by a billionaire.
- prawn 9y agoprobably because what they do makes more sense More sense than electric vehicles, solar tiles, solar chargers, space transport, etc? OP's point wasn't that there were no other billionaires doing something, but that billionaires exist doing very little to push humanity forward.
- sametmax 9y agoIt's also because they are better at PR. Bill Gate is a terrible person but he is managing to make people believe is a saint these days.
- paulddraper 9y agoWhat makes Bill Gates a terrible person these days?
- valuearb 9y agoHis haircut?
- sametmax 9y agoThis type of questions prove the PR works pretty well. I mean the guy ran a company that was a pattent troll, that corrupted governments and insulted people live. Then they created a foundation that only give away a few % of the money, investing the rest, so they can make money with paying less taxes. They were caught blatlanty investing in the weapon industry while promoting peace on earth. But hey, he is fighting malaria right ? I got malaria BTW. You know how ? I worked as a charity worker in africa. My first mission was for the Gate foundation through the MVP. Oh and 45% of the money never reached the project.
- lukas099 9y agoThere are plenty of billionaires doing those other things, and only one Musk doing his thing. I don't see why we have to make value comparisons either way.