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No one is forcing them to retire, I for one would be interested to see what these productive people would come up with when they shift their goal from making a
by this_was_posted 5y ago
No one is forcing them to retire, I for one would be interested to see what these productive people would come up with when they shift their goal from making a great profit to making a great social impact.
- dotancohen 5y agoThen just look at Elon Musk's and Bill Gates' projects. One is weaning us off hydrocarbons, the other is curing disease.
- mandmandam 5y ago
- nradov 5y agoIf you're referring to the Starlink satellite constellation, Kessler syndrome isn't a real concern. Those satellites are in low orbits.
- mandmandam 5y agoNASA and MIT beg to differ. And the light pollution on its own is a concern - why the everloving fuck should Musk of all people get to block humanity's starlight for his own private profit.
- bennyelv 5y ago> Gates is buying up all the arable farmland, and taking advantage of poor African countries. Can you expand on that? I'm sure there are easier ways for him to make money if that's what the purpose is.
- mandmandam 5y agohttps://www.vox.com/recode/22528659/bill-gates-largest-farmland-owner-cascade-investments https://www.vox.com/recode/22528659/bill-gates-largest-farml... (to be fair, 'all of the farmland' is not really appropriate: 300,000 acres out of 900 million. He's still the biggest single owner though). And, https://www.jstor.org/stable/43817537 https://www.jstor.org/stable/43817537, for one perspective on his Africa ventures.
- obilgic 5y ago> No one is forcing them to retire > shift their goal from making a great profit to making a great social impact who says they will shift?
- this_was_posted 5y agoI'd be willing to bet that at least some of them would. Instinctively I would also guess that it would lead to a better outcome on average, but as I'm less certain about that which is why I would like to see it tested out.
- sorokod 5y agoNo one did. They are free to do as they please.
- sunshinerag 5y agoGreat profit and great social impact are not mutually exclusive
- this_was_posted 5y agoTrue, though I do think great profit is not possible with _maximal_ social impact (unless hoarding cash serves to restrict total consumption and thus limit climate impact).