When did "profitable" become the sole metric by which we judge someone's work? Does what is morally correct factor into it at all, or should the impressiveness someone's accomplishments make them a "titan" regardless of intent or outcome?
You’re quoting a sentence with two adjectives.
> should the impressiveness someone's accomplishments make them a "titan" regardless of intent or outcome?
For a teenager? Barring violence, yes. An impressive, misguided teenager is a net asset to a community and society in the developed world.
I challenge anyone intelligent to honestly say they didn’t have any really stupid opinions or worldviews before their prefrontal cortex had finished developing.
There's also a very large unspoken piece left out of your sentence, which is that they are an asset if taught and guided well. Do you think Musk is likely to do that, or to instead encourage careless "technically impressive and profitable" behavior without regard to ethics or morals?
Were you on Twitter?
I don’t remember anything that heinous. But I do remember telling off-colour jokes. If I’d done that in public and received validation from someone I respected and admired, is it implausible I’d have gone down the rabbit hole?
> unspoken piece left out of your sentence, which is that they are an asset if taught and guided well
That’s my point. These kids show potential. It’s being squandered for the short-term gains of old men.
The point is we have multiple layers of society working to turn small dumb things young men say and do into very dumb things.
> We’re wasting our youth on the fever dreams of old men.
Usually there are negative consequences for stupid actions.
Teenager has been on positive feedback loop for possibly ”not so good actions”. How difficult it is to turn the tide?
The guy didn't, and no one stopped him from collecting the very same data he could be using or will use to blackmail or worse.
Sorry to note that political allegiance beats common sense.
When humans learned to domesticate other humans.