A Defense of Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink

This dude is probably one of the most unintelligent billionaires I have ever met or seen or witnessed.

Um... I guess misery loves company, unless that company is Elon's.

Maybe you don't like Elon's politics. I get it.

But do you like the fact that he's giving quadriplegics their abilities back with Neuralink telepathy?

How about helping the blind see with Blindsight?

And did you hear that he's giving every child in America one of his personal SpaceX shares for a total of over 10 billion dollars?

No, you probably didn't, because everything is political and tribal now.

Look, I know I'm biased, but let me glaze for a bit.

If you're hating on Elon, you're hating on humanity.

The man single-handedly moved millions of people off of fossil fuels by popularizing the electric car.

Now, maybe you have one of those, "I bought this before he was crazy," bumper stickers, so your friends know that you're a good person.

But it's pretty easy to sell a car, and Teslas hold value.

So your values are only bumper sticker deep, while the value that he's giving you, you drive down the street.

Your words condemn him, but your actions condone him.

Now the man has built a flying car, and people are asking, "Why?"

Well, why not? Why not build the future that we've been promised since we were kids?

Yeah, he is a trillionaire, because he's created trillions of dollars worth of products that make our lives better every day.

And the fact that he's the richest man alive, not some hedge fund guy, is good for humanity.

Humanity, which is the focus of everything he does.

He made SpaceX to free us from single-planet extinction risk.

He made Tesla to get us off of fossil fuels.

He made Neuralink to restore lost abilities and give us new ones.

He made OpenAI so that Google wouldn't have a monopoly on AI.

He bought Twitter so that there can be a place for free speech, even from people who hate him.

And you think this is about money? Now, strap in.

Whether you like it or not, Elon Musk is the most influential person to walk this planet since Jesus Christ.

He's helping the blind see, the deaf hear, and the mute speak.

Maybe you think that there are other problems he should be solving, but can we just be grateful that he's solving what he is?

Besides, we have nearly 9 billion people on team humanity.

So if you want the other problems to get solved, how about you do it?

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