I don’t think he’s going to Mars. I don’t think he even intends to. I think he needs a dream to sell to further extract wealth & influence from the west. I think what he’s doing *now* is his actual plan.
At a basic level the cost of laying the groundwork for colonizing Mars is *millions* of lives.
At a basic level the cost of laying the groundwork for colonizing Mars is *millions* of lives.
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The only reason he's not going to colonise Mars is that he can't, not the cost in lives.
It's the BHAG con.
Key talking points about the BHAG con used in tech:
The "Shiny Object"
Unrealistic Expectations
Exploiting Ambition
Lack of Transparency
Up-sell examples:
World-Changing Innovation with No Clear Roadmap
Disrupting an Entire Industry Overnight
He is the monorail man.
He’s engaging in power politics now in dangerous ways, with poor background and context, sure. But I think he’s fundamentally open about his motivations and issues he cares about, because he has been.
Mils on Mils of paid PR gone: And his drug addictions will only make it worse.
He's Joe Rogan for the 1% only they hate him despite that.
Ditto trump with R Congress actually
Elon: We’ll be giving H1Bs your jobs!
https://bsky.app/profile/bnonews.com/post/3lep3oiicck2a
The monorail man could carry a tune
He could organise the people who move oil rigs and he’d still drop notes like he does blue checks who disagree with him
For the record.
we are absolutely not dealing with the guy who will get us to Mars, no
There’s literally nothing there for us.
Just the cost of getting there is incredible and
Its just marketing
And then immediately begin mining it
https://defector.com/neither-elon-musk-nor-anybody-else-will-ever-colonize-mars
No-ones going to mars any time soon. Anyone who claims otherwise is a con artist or an idiot or, in this case, both.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_City_on_Mars
And everyone with money will eat it up. No one will ask a single follow up question.