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Elon Musk on How to Build the Future

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1106 points sama | 3 comments | 15 Sep 16 18:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.618s | source
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soufron[dead post] ◴[15 Sep 16 18:53 UTC] No.12508752[source]▶
Since when did entrepreneurs decided to speak in scifi-bullshit? "We have a digital tertiary self in the form of out email capabilities, our computers, phones, applications."

And also, arrogant to the point of being funny? "Interviewer: Do you think people that want to be useful today should get PhDs?Elon: Mostly not." LOL.

TeMPOraL ◴[15 Sep 16 19:01 UTC] No.12508835[source]▶
> Since when did entrepreneurs decided to speak in scifi-bullshit? "We have a digital tertiary self in the form of out email capabilities, our computers, phones, applications."

It's not sci-fi, it's a legitimate view. It's basically the opposite of the common "omg children today are spending too much time with computers, this is unnatural, they should communicate more face to face instead of texting so much" bullshit. The idea is that our tools are a part of us, extensions of our bodies, not something "weird" or "unnatural".

> And also, arrogant to the point of being funny? "Interviewer: Do you think people that want to be useful today should get PhDs?Elon: Mostly not." LOL.

That seems like a sane view of the current state of scientific process. There are way too many career-PhDs. So many that a lot of research is bullshit. I thought this is widely recognized as an issue.

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1. hx87 ◴[15 Sep 16 19:37 UTC] No.12509137[source]▶
I'll bet he has plenty of respect for the "poor losers" but little for those who took advantage of them (PhD programs).
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2. dwaltrip ◴[15 Sep 16 20:23 UTC] No.12509514[source]▶
It's an interview that covers many topics. He doesn't have time to fully qualify every statement. Frankly, doing so just to satisfy the critics would be a waste of time that he could spend building his companies.

A good rule of thumb is to try to be charitable when evaluating a piece content, unless you have a good reason not to be.

3. soufron ◴[15 Sep 16 20:42 UTC] No.12509656[source]▶
If that's the thing, then I am with it.