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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: 0.42s | source
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kstenerud ◴[15 Sep 16 19:30 UTC] No.12509079[source]▶
It always saddens me when I see a slew of Debbie Downer comments from the HN crowd.

"Yes, he ushered in the electric car revolution, but the production carbon footprint is still huge!"

"Yes, he's building rockets, but he took a bunch of government money!"

"Yes, he's paving the way to Mars, but what has he done for world hunger?"

And it not just with Musk, but really with anyone who has been successful. I would have thought that the technologists were above such petty envy. We're here to improve humanity's lot, aren't we?

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guelo ◴[15 Sep 16 19:39 UTC] No.12509150[source]▶
Au contraire, people that know the technology and industry can see through the PR much more clearly.
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untilHellbanned ◴[15 Sep 16 19:51 UTC] No.12509263[source]▶
Exactly. He sucks up airtime for quieter, likely superior approaches in other or the same areas. It's anger not envy. What's the point of Wired interviewing Elon Musk for the 10,000th time? There are so many people doing so much good stuff out there. Finding them isn't hard. They are on the internet too.
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1. TeMPOraL ◴[15 Sep 16 19:56 UTC] No.12509306[source]▶
> What's the point of Wired interviewing Elon Musk for the 10,000th time?

Ad money, like with all publishing. If they actually cared about providing useful content to people, they'd seek out those quieter ones and interview them too. Don't blame Elon for the market actors that want to earn money off his fanbase. Blame those market actors instead.

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2. dorgo ◴[15 Sep 16 20:25 UTC] No.12509529[source]▶
blame the fanbase