Can we support 100 EMs? Would we run out of things to do?
YES!, NO!
I'd love to see millions of Elons in the world, all pursuing the coolest most innovative solutions to society's problems. America proved that societal success isn't a zero sum game. The more people participating, the larger the overall pie of success gets.
Maybe all we need (can sustain) is a handful like him and the wealth they create will make all our lives markedly better, without us personally being involved ab initio?
No.
That's all we need is to put a few "masterminds" in control of everything so they can plan out our perfect little lives. Did you have some sort of test so that only the more ethical, intelligent, and successful few achieve those positions of power over us?
The question you're asking is really a version of an old one: "What form of power structure in society works better; bottom up or top down?"
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Can we support 100 EMs? Would we run out of things to do?
YES!, NO!
I'd love to see millions of Elons in the world, all pursuing the coolest most innovative solutions to society's problems. America proved that societal success isn't a zero sum game. The more people participating, the larger the overall pie of success gets.
Maybe all we need (can sustain) is a handful like him and the wealth they create will make all our lives markedly better, without us personally being involved ab initio?
No.
That's all we need is to put a few "masterminds" in control of everything so they can plan out our perfect little lives. Did you have some sort of test so that only the more ethical, intelligent, and successful few achieve those positions of power over us?
The question you're asking is really a version of an old one: "What form of power structure in society works better; bottom up or top down?"
Mark Levin has a decent read on the subject that goes into the history of the philosophy of Liberty vs Utopianism. http://www.amazon.com/Ameritopia-Unmaking-Mark-R-Levin/dp/14...