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Curious why do you think he wants to change society ? His ideas are kind of outdated, people don't want flying cars, they want a virtual future. Neither is he t
by cblconfederate 5y ago
Curious why do you think he wants to change society ? His ideas are kind of outdated, people don't want flying cars, they want a virtual future. Neither is he the inventor of individualist liberal ideals.
- playpause 5y ago> Curious why do you think he wants to change society ? In the opening paragraph of the article, he sets out his ideological principles, which are not exactly conservative.
- Miner49er 5y agoThat's a good point. I guess I should've said "influence society" or have maybe just said "seeking political power." He's started and funding multiple political campaigns, spending lots of money on it, and has been giving speech at various conservative events since 2016, or so, plus his involvement with Trump. So I guess I'm just interested in why he's so interested in politics all of a sudden. In this article from 2009, he was trying to avoid or get rid of politics.
- GaryTang 5y agoIf you mean VR by “virtual future” then I see flying cars gaining more traction instead. That said, his comments on flying cars weren’t so much about flying cars — it was about the disconnect between society’s expectations of progress in technology vs our actual progress in technology thus far.
- cblconfederate 5y agoit was about the lack of progress in the physical world, which i think is a mistake. we underestimate to what extent we are informational creatures once our basic needs are met. People choose to spend more on experiences and connectivity than on huge houses and physical luxuries.