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I think we need to look at the assumptions made. Has Musk and Zuck actually improved the world or merely reorganised it to gain market for their ideological pur
by gumboza 4y ago
I think we need to look at the assumptions made. Has Musk and Zuck actually improved the world or merely reorganised it to gain market for their ideological purposes?
Delivery or not doesn't imply improvement. Progress for the sake of progress is not necessarily an improvement either.
- poszlem 4y agoI am quite happy to hear "progress for the sake of progress is not necessarily an improvement either", as that is indeed true. What ideological purposes do you think Musk has? What is the ideology he is pushing building rockets and electric cars?
- gcheong 4y agoLongtermism: https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musks-secret-obsession-with-human-extinction-explains-everything-hes-doing https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musks-secret-obsession-wi...
- dnissley 4y agoYes and no. Yes, progress for the sake of progress isn't strictly an improvement. On the other hand conditions are ever changing and our knowledge of the world changes our understanding of those conditions. To me these things nearly always imply that we should act in some direction to improve our lot. I don't see many people willing to put in the work. I see a lot of people willing to sit on the sideline and talk about how the people on the field are dumb or what they're doing obviously won't work, and that they are evil scheming villains who will surely change the world for the worst for their own benefit.