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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Mar 10

      Aral Balkan Retweeted Elon Musk

      Thank goodness for the people who work thanklessly every day to solve the sad problems. They may never get the recognition that the billionaire son of a millionaire emerald trader gets but the world would be a far harsher, far less caring, far more unforgiving place without them.https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/972628124893671432 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      Elon MuskVerified account @elonmusk
      Why Falcon Heavy & Starman? Life cannot just be about solving one sad problem after another. There need to be things that inspire you, that make you glad to wake up in the morning and be part of humanity. That is why we did it. We did for you. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=A0FZIwabctw …
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    2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Mar 10

      Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

      Those of us privileged enough, selfish enough, timid enough to work on the fun problems should never, for one moment, have anything but the utmost respect & admiration for those who strive to solve “the sad problems”. They’re the true heroes, though we rarely hear their names.https://twitter.com/aral/status/972730146577960960 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      Aral Balkan @aral
      Thank goodness for the people who work thanklessly every day to solve the sad problems. They may never get the recognition that the billionaire son of a millionaire emerald trader gets but the world would be a far harsher, far less caring, far more unforgiving place without them. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/972628124893671432 …
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      Aral Balkan‏ @aral Mar 10

      The irony is, if we did solve the sad problems – like inequality – then, by definition, billionaires wouldn’t exist to wax lyrical about the joys of inspiring the world by solving the fun problems while avoiding the banality of the sad problems without which they wouldn’t exist.

      11:30 PM - 10 Mar 2018
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        2. Josip‏ @josipK Mar 10
          Replying to @aral

          I agree that even attempting to solve a real problem is better than "solving" a non-problem. But I don't agree that all problems that Musk is solving are "non-problems". Electric cars and hyperloop are useful for the environment.

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        3. Josip‏ @josipK Mar 10
          Replying to @josipK @aral

          I don't think he's doing this because of the environment, he's doing this for fun, ego and profit. What is more important: being successful in obtaining a side-goal by pursuing "fun" project or being driven by noble vision to a true goal, albeit unsuccessful?

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        4. Josip‏ @josipK Mar 11
          Replying to @josipK @aral

          What would be a good solution for inequailty? I don't think one can solve inequailty without fixing what's causing it, and that's greed and insecurity: in your own future capabilities and in the generosity of others.

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        5. Josip‏ @josipK Mar 11
          Replying to @josipK @aral

          The first was tackled partly by the welfare state, the second would require liberation of people from cage of their own fear, the cage they will go back to anything bad happens.

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        6. Josip‏ @josipK Mar 11
          Replying to @josipK @aral

          This fear is the central theme of conservatives. They say: the world is terrible place, some people are evil, build the cage and stay in the cage. And they are partly right: the world can be a terrible, hostile, savage place. But is life for living in a cage?

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        7. Josip‏ @josipK Mar 11
          Replying to @josipK @aral

          One thing is certain: working on the sad problems gets you, at least partly, out of the cage.

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