I think the whole narrative with Elon Musk and the cave rescue shows not only of his flaws, but also the others who reacted with vitriol on the Internet. It see

I think the whole narrative with Elon Musk and the cave rescue shows not only of his flaws, but also the others who reacted with vitriol on the Internet. It seems like there is a widespread view about the futility of technology, that technology will no longer save us and will inevitably lead to our downfall. (This pessimistic view is reinforced by the recent uprising about Cambridge Analytica, Russia and Facebook Ads, etc.) For those with an extreme version of this view, Elon Musk is regarded as the ultimate villain, the maniac who thinks that technology will automatically solve all of our problems, an impostor trying to pretend saving people with technology but in the inside only a greedy billionaire trying to maximize his profits. But the world is obviously more complicated than that; when used wisely, technology can figure out some of our problems, when used wisely and depending on the situation. Although Elon Musk’s submarine isn’t a perfect example of a good use of technology, I think some people have reacted without thinking more about it. (Personally I am torn, because if lives are at stake, it might not be a good idea to use a 1-week old engineering design, but then if the “old” method wasn’t successful and resulted in more deaths things might have been different)