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Right. The beautiful thing about these days, if anything, is that we have a group of people in their 40s with access to incredible amounts of capital and are st

Right. The beautiful thing about these days, if anything, is that we have a group of people in their 40s with access to incredible amounts of capital and are still able to dream big. I don't think this has ever happened before in history; most resource controllers in the past were dead-set in what made them rich (financial engineering, railroads, industry) and simply stayed there until they died. We finally have a combination of wealth and radical transformative vision in several individuals. Good times.

jacquesm 12y ago
> if anything, is that we have a group of people in their 40s with access to incredible amounts of capital and are still able to dream big. I don't think this has ever happened before in history Howard Hughes.
- aswanson 12y ago
  He came to mind as I was typing that comment. But the man himself didn't constitute a group. He was an iconoclast.
  - gaadd33 12y ago
    Most of the early automobile pioneers? Westinghouse? Alfred Lee Loomis? Henry Flagler? I think it's easy to assume that people who are known for massive success in a single industry were only involved in that. If you dig into a lot of their lives you see that they had many other ventures, some which were successful (Miami) others were not (Fordlandia). However their primary/initial success is what gets all the historical coverage. Also as time goes on and the engineering achievements are seen as more routine, they become less and less notable when not put into the context of the times. At one point the transcontinental railroad was seen just as crazy as the Hyperloop.
  - jacquesm 12y ago
    Ok, How about Walt Disney? Edison? How many will it take to satisfy your 'group' requirement? (Which I think is a technicality anyway.)
- WillNotDownvote 12y ago
  Vanderbilt. Rockefeller. Morgan. All of them took amazingly large risks with massive amounts of capital in pursuit of visions well into the latter halves of their lives.

jacquesm 12y ago

> if anything, is that we have a group of people in their 40s with access to incredible amounts of capital and are still able to dream big. I don't think this has ever happened before in history Howard Hughes.

aswanson 12y ago
He came to mind as I was typing that comment. But the man himself didn't constitute a group. He was an iconoclast.
- gaadd33 12y ago
  Most of the early automobile pioneers? Westinghouse? Alfred Lee Loomis? Henry Flagler? I think it's easy to assume that people who are known for massive success in a single industry were only involved in that. If you dig into a lot of their lives you see that they had many other ventures, some which were successful (Miami) others were not (Fordlandia). However their primary/initial success is what gets all the historical coverage. Also as time goes on and the engineering achievements are seen as more routine, they become less and less notable when not put into the context of the times. At one point the transcontinental railroad was seen just as crazy as the Hyperloop.
- jacquesm 12y ago
  Ok, How about Walt Disney? Edison? How many will it take to satisfy your 'group' requirement? (Which I think is a technicality anyway.)
WillNotDownvote 12y ago
Vanderbilt. Rockefeller. Morgan. All of them took amazingly large risks with massive amounts of capital in pursuit of visions well into the latter halves of their lives.