Thread: Elon Musk now the richest man in the world, thoughts?

From what I know, the man worked for his money and I don't think he is doing any tax-related evasion like Bezos but I could be wrong.

Either way, he has officially passed Mr. Amazon up and is worth $191 Billion. This is likely due to him moving away from California and into Texas. He gained more investors and WAY more support.

I've never really liked Musk. I feel many things he does are just to boost his own popularity and cult status. Then there's that calling that cave diver a paedophile for no reason.

I'm okay with him. I don't think he's as much of a superhero mega-genius as other people, but he's certainly successful & I like him more than "Mr. Amazon".

I like that he knows how to have fun with his audience occasionally. You probably can't say that for anyone else on a top billionaires list. As for the question, well, a few of you know that much of my life revolves around Amazon. Books, electronics, home automation, groceries, security, on-demand video... and just about every other need. I feel like the Amazon counterpart of the Fight Club protagonist here:



But yet, I feel Elon Musk is more deserving of his new title because what he invests in will shape the future. Is there anything truly more important than space exploration in the grand scheme of things? I'm talking hundreds or thousands of years. I believe eventually humanity will have to colonise. SpaceX and NASA are working together to accelerate all of this. Don't get me wrong though, I'm not a Musk follower and don't know a great deal about the guy.

I like Musk better than Bezos, but I don't much care for measuring out how wealthy someone is.

Apparently, the nutjobs on Twitter are calling for him to be banned off the platform now. Everyone has a right to voice their opinions but they don't want them to have this right on their platforms. Double-edge sword incoming!

Twitter might be doing whatever they can to ban Donald Trump, but they will never touch Elon Musk.

Originally Posted by Mantis

Twitter might be doing whatever they can to ban Donald Trump, but they will never touch Elon Musk.

He needs to buy it and delete it. LOL

I have seen the meme so many times. I just wish he would. Twitter was great back when it was new and people were able to use it as a tool to communicate with people they normally never would have the chance to. Now it is just riddled with hate, violence, threats, hivemind thinking, pedophiles, and other horrific crap. I am glad I left the place when I did. Should have left it years prior though.

I have nothing against the guy, he is memetic as hell.

I know I said I don't like Musk above, but the Spacelink idea seems great and should get the internet to many more people. I know it's been approved in the UK, and that many people in rural areas currently have painfully slow internet speeds for a modern country. I've heard it will allow them to get over 50 Mbps which is great.