…Musk's clearest articulation of his philosophy has come, of course, on Twitter. "We should take the set of actions that maximize total public happiness!" he wrote to one user who asked him how to save the planet. In August, he called the writings of William MacAskill, a Scottish utilitarian ethicist, "a close match for my philosophy." (MacAskill, notably, was also the intellectual muse of Sam Bankman-Fried, though he cut ties with him after the FTX scandal came to light.) …
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Elon Musk's Appetite for Destruction
Elon Musk's Appetite for Destruction
While Elon may be greedy and money hungry, I believe he is also working to truly improve the lives of humans. In an interview a while ago, he said that the reason that he is working so hard on pushing self driving cars is so that, one day, all cars can communicate with each other about where they are going, resulting in no more car wrecks and allowing people to always get to their destination safely. This example alone, I believe, shows how he believes that the best way to save our world is to, essentially, make changes that positively impact everyone.
ReplyDeletesection 6, Thats good that he thinks long-term, but honestly people use autopilot and go to sleep is crazy and he seems to not care about the number of accidents his cars have caused. Technology and electric cars may save us in the future but right now they seem to cause more problems than solve them.
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