He's permitted an entire subculture of optimism built around a counter-ethos that I'm not sure *could* exist without a figure like him. There'd still be scattered individuals finding their way to that thing, but I'm not sure they'd have any Schelling points for finding each other
We're having a harder time accurately tracking productivity growth than we admit while dealing with extreme costs of protectionism of certain esteemed industries (medical, academia) & investments (homeownership). The culture is wilting. Optimism needs all the footholds it can get
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People will try to carve out their own slice of the pie. Elon might just look like a variation on the classic selfish rich guy. To skip past cynicism you have to be hungrier for expansive idea-space than you are for security in a world that feels like it's becoming less secure
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It's not super intuitive, but one thing he's making salient is that humanity may want things that it must get wealthier & more creative to have. You don't redistribute your way to a Mars colony. You must come up w/ ways to make things easier *here* to mainstream life out *there*
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