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I was a skeptic, but I've recently become convinced Elon Musk is doing an important public service, despite the hype. He's moving "what's possible" in the publi

I was a skeptic, but I've recently become convinced Elon Musk is doing an important public service, despite the hype. He's moving "what's possible" in the public mind forward. He's making something the public thinks is way in the future seem like it is about to happen now. He sold the public on electric cars. He has everyone thinking about self-driving. He's convinced the public that civilian space programs can be better than govt space programs. He has made the general public think about the potential dangers of AI. And now he thinks the public is ready for personal robots by introducing the concept and getting people to think about it. He can't deliver on all this, but he's getting people ready.

whymauri 5y ago
I feel like the Jetsons did 4/5 of these 50 years ago, lol.
- jmac01 5y ago
  Thats like someone inventing warp drive and saying "star trek did this 100 years ago". There's a difference between science fiction and actually making something that works.
  - whymauri 5y ago
    Did you even read the original comment? >He can't deliver on all this, but he's getting people ready. He's not going to build this, making his contribution effectively the same as the long generation of media that has already: >[Moved] "what's possible" in the public mind forward. Please read the comment I'm replying to. It's not about building, since I (and the OP) doubt he'll successfully build any of these, but apparently about the influential 'getting people ready.' Which, again, he's had little more influence in 'getting people ready' than the decades of multimedia preceding him.
- okareaman 5y ago
  I've been hearing about flying cars my entire life. That's why I added the sentence > He's making something the public thinks is way in the future seem like it is about to happen now. People are taking it seriously because they think Musk is about to make it happen

whymauri 5y ago

I feel like the Jetsons did 4/5 of these 50 years ago, lol.

jmac01 5y ago
Thats like someone inventing warp drive and saying "star trek did this 100 years ago". There's a difference between science fiction and actually making something that works.
- whymauri 5y ago
  Did you even read the original comment? >He can't deliver on all this, but he's getting people ready. He's not going to build this, making his contribution effectively the same as the long generation of media that has already: >[Moved] "what's possible" in the public mind forward. Please read the comment I'm replying to. It's not about building, since I (and the OP) doubt he'll successfully build any of these, but apparently about the influential 'getting people ready.' Which, again, he's had little more influence in 'getting people ready' than the decades of multimedia preceding him.
okareaman 5y ago
I've been hearing about flying cars my entire life. That's why I added the sentence > He's making something the public thinks is way in the future seem like it is about to happen now. People are taking it seriously because they think Musk is about to make it happen