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There is not wrong with admiring heros, and I personally feel that any entrepreneur who changes the world and helps humanity as much as Musk has in just 10 year
by dm2 13y ago
There is not wrong with admiring heros, and I personally feel that any entrepreneur who changes the world and helps humanity as much as Musk has in just 10 years deserves to be called a hero.
"Let's start a rocket company in effort to ensure the survivability of humanity." (something that only super-power are currently able to do)
"Let's start an electric car company (and solar panel company) in effort to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels." (since other car companies are barely trying)
Then to have the resources and perseverance to actually make these very difficult goals a reality is outstanding.
Gates is doing something similar with his Thorium reactor research. Hopefully that will be another game changer.
The Google co-founders have been doing similar projects for the past 10 years. Even if it does make them tons of money it's still admirable to give awesome software and hardware to the world at cost or free.
- kingkawn 13y agoGates' work in public health which has actually impacted the lives of people across the economic spectrum around the world. Musk and the Google Guys have some work to do before we can say that they've actually changed things for the better through their philanthropy for humanity as a whole. They have big plans, but its still a work in progress, and they don't deserve to be called heroes just for thinking big and spending money on interesting sample runs.
- klintcho 13y agoThough still think it's quite unfair to call Tesla and SpaceX "interesting sample runs".
- kingkawn 13y agoTesla's cars are prohibitively expensive for all but the most monied. As I've understood it so far SpaceX is a novelty to date that is supported almost entirely by NASA grants in the hope that it will eventually spur a true space industry. Both projects carry great potential, truly great potential. You don't deserve hero status for your potential, but how it is ultimately realized.
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