7 pointsby dwa35923 hours ago4 comments

rationalist2 hours ago
It's not cash sitting in an account. It's completely meaningless and just used as a political lever IMO.
He didn't steal $120+ from every person on earth, he created a trillion in "value".
We aren't poorer for Tesla and SpaceX existing.
For what it's worth: I have no financial interest with any of his companies or own any of their products. I feel like I'm neutral third party.
So how do I feel? No different than before he was a "trillionaire".
drob5183 hours ago
IMO, Elon is this century's Howard Hughes.
- MrGrinchh3 hours ago
  Kinda, other than the fact that Elon musk has fourteen children and Howard Hughes had zero.
- dotcoma3 hours ago
  And this century’s Charles Ponzi.
root-parent3 hours ago
"Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of killing poor children by cutting foreign aid" - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bill-gates-accuses-elon...
- dwa35923 hours ago
  I wonder if there is any evidence linking the ebola outbreak to the reduction in aid.
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- robberat73 hours ago
  alternate title : Trillionaire cuts millions in funding for poor people.
rvz3 hours ago
Would you rather:
A: Have $100M - $1BN in cash without a calendar full of meetings and you have the freedom to control your time.
B: Have $800BN - $1TN in stock which you cannot sell and you have a calendar full of daily meetings, zero breaks, and you can’t retire or speak freely because you carry a lot of market risk to your shareholders?