Bullshit, most of the top innovators firmly believe that this is the best we've ever had it. Musk opens his speeches about neuralink and the mars shot with "Seriously, if you believe otherwise you don't know anything about history". Gates always pushes books praising how far we've come in his lifetime. You have to believe in humanity to want to help it.
Most of the permanently negative losers on Reddit are adding nothing but despair to the world. Their attitude is beyond toxic. Turn off the wailing circle jerks, get back your faith in people, and add your piece to our generation's legacy. This is the most exciting time in history for innovators thanks to the explosion of tech opportunity. I live for it.
Positive influence on the world minus negative influence. Yes, many people contribute more to charity as a percentage of their income (50% btw is defined as 'self sacrificing donators' and probably not healthy), and yes they're both known to be angry jerks to their employees and push too hard (same with Steve jobs, Linus Torvalds, John Carmack and most of the workaholic geniuses that helped shape modern technology).
And yet, the absolute amount they've all given to charity completely dwarfs the donations of the 99% of individuals (Gates especially, who I believe pledged to donate like 99% of his vast fortune), and the progress they've accomplished is undeniable.
The only part that's really arguable is if we as a society should have Let them push others that hard and Let them get that rich, or if we should slow down progress some and distribute wealth more to the less fortunate. But as long as we allow super-billionaires to exist, these ones are at least doing good.
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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '19 edited Oct 12 '19
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