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I have a different idea. He just doesn't give a fuck.

Imagine you're one of the richest people on the planet. What are you going to do? Keep chasing more and more money, like a drug addict chasing more and more high? Nah, that's not sustainable, surely not when you're already virtually at the top, and you can have everything you want. Run a charity? Why? Starving children in Africa weren't your problem when you were poor, why should they be now?

Dick around and do dumb shit, that's what you're going to do. Because you can. You have enough money to buy popular social media and turn it into shit because it's fun and why not. And your best buddy who's on board with doing dumb shit happens to be the president of America. Dream come true.

Thanks anal_reactor, solid theory!

It might even be a challenge to see if there are any personal consequences.

Irony! lol

I wouldn't be surprised if he has full bought into the idea the universe is just a simulation and he is one of the few PC characters (vs all of us NPCs). SO to him life is just a video game and and he's just playing around like someone would do in GTA V.

To me his messaging (whether that's his actual goal) is clear through his action (and words), mostly along the lines of bringing the sci fi world of the future into the present:

- Space X -> we need humans on mars

- openAI -> we need the power of AI

- neuralink -> also the AI talks to our brains (arguably the most rational path to immortality, a common goal of billionaires)

- tesla -> e cars are feasible, simpler, better for the environment

- starlink -> internet for anyone is feasible and rural areas are poorly served

- boring company -> make roads 3D and traffic is gone

all that, I wouldn't call dicking around. He doesn't give a fuck about a lot, but he gives a fuck about cool sci fi stuff

I would 100% do that if I had enough money to shield me from any consequences of such attitude.