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Ah yes, the "The ends justify the means" move.
by X6S1x6Okd1st 5y ago
Ah yes, the "The ends justify the means" move.
- consumer451 5y agoI was just thinking about this phrase in regards to Musk about ten minutes ago. “The ends” are the most laudable things I can imagine: electrifying the world and colonizing other celestial bodies. While I love the goals, I am afraid of what a mission-driven person might rationalize and do to achieve them.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoThe ends justify giving people like Musk wide latitude but keeping them in check when the negative externalities tip the scale away from the benefits.
- consumer451 5y agoI certainly give Musk wide latitude even when he makes it difficult. I was thinking more along the lines of how one in his position could drift in their perspective and values as they get distorted by the blinders of hyper mission focus.
- lazide 5y agoAnother thought to add here - he also gets paid very well in a very concrete way to LOOK like he is doing those things, and if he never gets in a spaceship but still enjoys the billions? Hard life.
- xyzzyz 5y agoYes, heaven forbids he drills 10,000th gas well in the US on his way.
- consumer451 5y agoI was not thinking about gas wells at all. I have no opinion there except I thought we were doing the Sabatier reaction process to prep for Mars and be carbon negative.