billionaires definitely can be good for society. they do things that are in the public interest but governments can't attempt because they are inherently risk a

billionaires definitely can be good for society. they do things that are in the public interest but governments can't attempt because they are inherently risk adverse because politicians want to get re-elected. Bill Gates does high risk speculative, investments for causes such as eradicating diseases. Elon Musk is attempting to colonize Mars. Because Presidential administrations are a maximum of 8 years and it takes longer to achieve a big goal in space, such as moon or mars colonization, Nasa has had a hard time sticking to a long term goal for space.