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I would like to die on Mars. Oh brother. How come "shut up and just do it" applies to everyone but Elon? Why does he only have to talk about doing something to be hailed a hero? Start backing some of this stuff up with action Elon.
Not sure if sarcastic...
Elon Musk, as in: the guy who's company just ran a private reapply mission to /the international space station/.
How about... you know, not dying? At least in the foreseeable future. You can do a lot more awesome engineering and science and exploration if you don't die after ~80 years.
http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2004/11/strategies-for-en...
http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2012/04/aubrey-de-grey-on...
http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2004/10/the-cost-of-sens....
Now that Jobs is gone, Elon is probably the coolest guy in the world. Can't wait to see what he comes up with in the next 10-20 years.
Jobs was never a cool guy in my book. For me, Steve Jobs was an egocentric and self-centered. Elon is a visionary, just read this quote: “I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask. Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.” Steve isn't even near to the impact…
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Jobs was never a cool guy in my book. For me, Steve Jobs was an egocentric and self-centered. Elon is a visionary, just read this quote: “I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask. Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.” Steve isn't even near to the impact…
What you can surmise from that is that they've both probably taken some acid in their lifetimes. If Jobs were alive and younger, he too would probably have been at Burning Man, place of many a revelation to the technologically inclined.
How about... you know, not dying? At least in the foreseeable future. You can do a lot more awesome engineering and science and exploration if you don't die after ~80 years.
My first thought: how about reproducing on Mars? Now to find a suitable Mr. & Mrs. Smith, if you grok me.
I never had a model or a 'hero' in my life, but I find it hard to deny Elon this role. He's kind of imposing himself to me.
For some parts, he pisses me off. He doing it removes me the feeling that my dreams were mine. On the other sides, my pride motivates me to accept his theft as a challenge to try at surpassing him.
Now I'm only 25, so I guess I still have the time required to get on par, if I keep working hard enough.
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Is it "of the highest order" because it's marketing something substantive?
Exactly the opposite. It's the grand marketing of an even grander vision - the ultimate vaporware. Where people with can dream up supersonic aircraft that are massively more efficient than the highly refined subsonic craft that have been built by thousands of very smart people over decades. Where magic tubes will transport people near the speed of sound whenever they want for a mere $6B. Where the realities of space…
Er, no, it really isn't.
The implication here is that he is actually working on these things, having had a "breakthrough" over the summer. It could be absolute crap, yes. But he has a number of previous successes that indicate he is capable of delivering. The overall point is that he isn't just dreaming, he is clearly spending a lot of money on doing as well.
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Exactly the opposite. It's the grand marketing of an even grander vision - the ultimate vaporware. Where people with can dream up supersonic aircraft that are massively more efficient than the highly refined subsonic craft that have been built by thousands of very smart people over decades. Where magic tubes will transport people near the speed of sound whenever they want for a mere $6B. Where the realities of space…
Is this not the same hacker news where people get bent out of shape when Apple bends the truth on their iPhone marketing copy? Er, no, it really isn't. The implication here is that he is actually working on these things, having had a "breakthrough" over the summer. It could be absolute crap, yes. But he has a number of previous successes that indicate he is capable of delivering. The overall point is that he isn't ju…
Furthermore, he is putting his money where his mouth is, by spending his own money.