help humanity as a whole
And here you’ve identified why they hate it. They cannot stand the idea that resources might benefit other people, resources that they could hoard instead.
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Ethalis@jlai.lu 5 weeks ago
Sure, that’s great but it’s not even the point. Fundamental research and other type of “useless” scientific endeavors help humanity as a whole to better understand our universe but would never be privately funded because they don’t have any concrete and immediate financial benefits. This is precisely what a government should finance, because no one else would do it and yet it’s small stuff like that that make us collectively move forward as a species
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
bronzle@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Oh, they’ll probably publicly fund it for private profit
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 5 weeks ago
Musk fans don’t want humanity to advance. They hate technological progress.
SARGE@startrek.website 5 weeks ago
For OTHERS, yes. But many want the cutting edge for themselves, at no cost to themselves.
algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Where did Musk come from? I don’t see any mention of it here
moody@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
The Department of goverment efficiency was Musk’s meme idea and Trump is apparently just rolling with it.
algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Thanks for actually explaining it instead of downvoting me. Heaven forbid I’m not aware of every micro-connotation caused by the current depressing news cycle
obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 5 weeks ago
Musk will govern the DOGE department, won’t he?
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Maybe. Apparently trump is already bored with him, and mocked him on-stage, in front of an entire room full of people, just a couple days ago. I guess trump already got his money, so now it’s time to back-out of any agreements he made to get the money.