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I understand critique of his personality and personal life, but there are people who try to imply he is dumb and all his successes were luck or somehow invalida
by atleastoptimal 3y ago
I understand critique of his personality and personal life, but there are people who try to imply he is dumb and all his successes were luck or somehow invalidated by his dad's emerald mine.
People cling to this belief that to improve the world via your enterprises, you must be a good person. It's a strange form of essentialism, borne out of the hard to accept notion that bad people can be a greater net good to the world than good people who don't make a huge contribution. It's an unsettling notion but a very true one.
- wkat4242 3y agoI don't really equate making lots of money to doing good for the world either. Tesla does a bit of good for the environment by putting electric cars on the map, but it's still way better not to drive at all. SpaceX is nice tech but not really something that makes the world a better place. But for me looking up to a person is much more based on their personality than their standing in society. I don't really look up to celebrities either.