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30 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b OP 6 Mar \ parent \ on: The Education of a Libertarian (2009) - Peter Thiel BooksAndArticles
It was him that said that. The bigger point he was making, at the time and continues to make now, is that we've technologically stagnated outside of the narrow cone of information tech.
More recently (it seems) he's concluded we didn't get flying cars because we are afraid of destroying ourselves.
I think one thing I appreciate so much about Elon is that he seems to be one of the few people trying to bring back the spirit of exploration and of mastering the elements back into the tech world
we got so wrapped up in doomsday thinking about climate, inequality, and just short-sighted financial gain, that we stopped reaching for the stars, but reaching for the stars is what we need to do to tackle those other problems
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There's something awe-inspiring and also horrific about people who remake the world in their own image, whatever that is, regardless of what stands against them.
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True, "awe inspiring and also horrific" is a good way to describe how I feel about Elon right now
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