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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: 0.238s | 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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1. tehchromic ◴[16 Sep 16 18:28 UTC] No.12516163[source]▶
More to the point: if I had Elon's advantages and talent, I would have begun with a more humble product and system, and taken on trains - not hyperloop, but freight and communter. Our trains are a system that's ripe for a revolution, and really potentially paradigm shifting.

However none of what I say makes sense if you've been stuffed with all the typical narratives and have not developed your imagination or your sense of history.