Comments by "Brenda Rua" (@brendarua01) on "Elon Musk: The future we're building -- and boring | TED" video.

  1. Ok Alexander. What would it take to impress you?
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  2. Really, Troy? How about you name them dude? Come on. Put up or shut up. I say Sahil is right about Elon.
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  3. +Dave Or it's at least as likely that Trump shows you do not have to be a genius to be rich. So watch the name calling and try civility for a change.
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  4. +Alexander I feel like you are equivocating there. I didn't want to just parrot your words but if "impress" isn't the right word, fine. I'll rephrase. What would it take to make Mr. Musk, or anyone else for that matter, special to you? I am serious about my question, not just jerking your chain here. I'm very impressed with Musk in many ways. And I thought I had high standards until now. He has vision. He is an inspiration and leader. He must have a pretty solid grasp of science and technology and engineering in order to manage everything and not lose his shirt. Given that, I fail to see how him not being a research scientist or practicing engineer is a demerit. You'll pardon me if I don't put any weight in your claim that anyone could do what he does. Were that so then given the rewards of fame and fortune to be gained, I think we'd probably have at least a few more people like him. But this line of thought gets pretty speculative pretty fast.
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  5. +Jaden I share your impression about Elon in general. But then we might not know what positive things others are doing. or example word is only now getting out about Steve Ballmer's USAFacts project. This is a project to gather as much data about how governments at all levels spend tax money. Others have tried but couldn't make money at it and closed up. Mr. Ballmer is willing to fund it pro bono out of his $22B pocket. It will be raw data but with tools available to search and massage. I don't know what it might cost to set up or run. But it could have a big impact and spread to other countries, or inspire others to do positive things. We can hope :)
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  6. +Top You could not be more wrong about him not answering. Rather, he replied deeply and profoundly. You just missed it is all. At 35:30 he was basically asked why not focus on the immediate problems our planet faces. This ignores what he has done in the area of sustainable energy. But his answer went deeper in terms of being a force multiplier and an accelerator of many others efforts. In this way more can be achieved overall than he could do alone. Then he went on to talk about the longer term and acting to improve the probability of moving humanity toward paths that like becoming multi planet inhabitants. Given the certainty of an extinction level event happening sooner or later, this is the ultimate solution to our planet's problems. Hope this helps...
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  7. Oh what a tease! Save us from A.I. with a super-brain in space? And having this follow his historical observation on the fate of technology if we don't continue to push gave me a chill. There had better be a follow up interview. But I can't feel sad about the future with his vision lighting a sane path. Thank you for sharing, TED.
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