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Elon Musk on How to Build the Future

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1106 points sama | 1 comments | 15 Sep 16 18:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source
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tehchromic ◴[15 Sep 16 19:08 UTC] No.12508886[source]▶
What's interesting about a savant is how they can end up defined by what they don't see. I have nothing but respect for Elon, however I think he is working on the wrong problems. That's not his fault and he is most definitely making his best effort. However he's the paragon of a paradigm of a European culture which is as unsustainable as it is powerful.
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hx87 ◴[15 Sep 16 19:24 UTC] No.12509028[source]▶
So what are the right problems to work on, and what paradigms are more sustainable than European culture?
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Plough_Jogger ◴[16 Sep 16 03:31 UTC] No.12511642[source]▶
Also, worth noting that he was born in South Africa.
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1. tehchromic ◴[16 Sep 16 18:01 UTC] No.12515942[source]▶
A perfect example of unsustainable European cultural paradigm!