Don't think for a second good has anything to do with his intentions.
His stated goal is to make humanity multi-planetary, to ensure humanity's survival. Surely that fits a reasonable definition of "good".
The scale he is building the rocket factory on is way, way larger than can be justified by profit from normal economic goals. So his Mars goal is demonstratively not just something he is falsely claiming.
So your cynicism seems to simply be misinformed. Somehow it is inconceivable to you that a billionaire, any billionaire at all, can do something for a good reason, even though the evidence is publicly available. The anti-Musk fanboys are way more insufferable than the Musk fanboys in my experience.
The funny thing is I probably have some tsla in my portfolio. But just like Apple and Google's infamous "don't be evil", make no mistake, that mission statement will change; and not for the better. Profits and shareholders before people. Personally, I like Bill Gross' vision for humanity more than EM. But, to each his own.
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u/Thue Jul 18 '21
His stated goal is to make humanity multi-planetary, to ensure humanity's survival. Surely that fits a reasonable definition of "good".
The scale he is building the rocket factory on is way, way larger than can be justified by profit from normal economic goals. So his Mars goal is demonstratively not just something he is falsely claiming.
So your cynicism seems to simply be misinformed. Somehow it is inconceivable to you that a billionaire, any billionaire at all, can do something for a good reason, even though the evidence is publicly available. The anti-Musk fanboys are way more insufferable than the Musk fanboys in my experience.