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