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Elon Musk on How to Build the Future

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1106 points sama | 2 comments | 15 Sep 16 18:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.438s | source
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astazangasta[dead post] ◴[15 Sep 16 18:40 UTC] No.12508638[source]▶
Of course Elon Musk thinks that AI and brain interfaces are the most important things to work on, that's all that is holding back his raging space boner. Meanwhile, a large part of the world is still using Iron Age technology to get by with the bulk of their lives.

The most important work of "How to Build the Future" is political work - reforming our property relations, for example, so that we aren't organizing our economic lives around feudal holdovers like land titles. Who gives a shit if Elon Musk can connect his brain to the Internet and live forever as a sentient AI, while the rest of humanity drinks ditch water and lives small, dull lives?

hourislate ◴[15 Sep 16 18:57 UTC] No.12508781[source]▶
I suppose it is easy to rage or blame all of mankind's ills on Elon Musk. Perhaps some day, his quest to challenge the status quo or leave Planet Earth and spread humanity throughout the Solar system might benefit us all.

Gods Speed Elon.....

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1. fnj ◴[15 Sep 16 19:18 UTC] No.12508978[source]▶
IMHO there are plenty of evil corporations and CEOs to abhor. That Musk's drives, priorities, and business practices appear mostly admirable seems to me to be one of the least controversial viewpoints imaginable.
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2. hourislate ◴[15 Sep 16 20:10 UTC] No.12509423[source]▶
Yes, I agree. There are not many like him. I only wish him great success.