I’m glad that of all places, HN is still able to grudgingly put aside red/blue team sports to appreciate really cool science and engineering.

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croisillon 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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pstuart 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Agreed. Separating those thoughts are valuable here and in life in general.

But like a lot of tech, the cool shit can have serious negative effects as well and it's important to be able to, again, acknowledge both appropriately.

The success of SpaceX has made him the richest man on the planet, and his money makes him dangerous.

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mlindner 3 hours ago | parent [-]

He's only dangerous if you operate a legal system that allows people to be dangerous. Elon Musk has never been the problem. As long as he's not breaking the law it's all good.

	▲	MagnumOpus 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The last 18 months have proven that the rule of law doesn’t apply to those who are rich enough to ~bribe~ lobby anyone who would enforce the laws. (A donation to the presidential library, a new RV for the judge, a PAC that runs campaigns for the senator and rep - and Bob’s your uncle. Might cost 0.001% of your assets if you are a trillionaire. Cheap at ten times the price.)