While this has virtually nothing to do with what I originally said what I'd say to that is:
From what we've seen. We don't know everything Gates (nor Musk to be fair) has done behind closed doors.
But for someone pushing the "green agenda" he himself talks about that stuff very little. And after just now skimming through the Tesla site itself there's virtually zero environmentalist bullshit on there. The car page I looked at talked about the car itself and made very little to no mention (looked quick so I could have missed something) of "muh electric car good for planet", "GREEN GREEN GREEN!!!" while the solar panel page talked exclusively about the money you could potentially save and the lack of dependence on the grid. It seems to be all product and no propaganda at least on that specific site of his.
As for "brain chips" they're simply a tool, like anything. Now I know Neuralink aims to go beyond what I'm going to say here so I want to make clear I'm talking about the idea in general, not necessarily Musk's specific company or product. But as for a brain chip in general, it doesn't need to be some cloud-based chip that connects to the internet and lets you transmit your thoughts to other people or make you a "superhuman" or whatever else. Something as simple as a device communicating locally with a prosthetic leg, arm, or some other device to allow someone to function normally again (whether it's neck-down paralysis or a missing leg). Or a device that allows blind people to see again through a direct input to some eye device (you wouldn't have to worry about your vision being hijacked if the only input is the non-internet-connecting eye implant (effectively a camera) sending the info to a non-internet-connected device which translates the info locally into something usable by your brain thus potentially allowing you to see again).
Now you do have to trust that these things do what they say but if they're developed by white hats after the purging of the satanist cabal and are all fully open source it could at least have some level of trust behind it. And it should of course be up to the individual to make their own choice. And I admit I may very well be simplifying it and it might not be as easy as I make it seem and may not be possible at all to make this kind of tech safe and secure, but my greater point is that it's simply a tool that could possibly have proper ways found to make it safe for the person using it and if that could be done it would be a massive boon to society and to certain people with select disabilities.
Personally, I would say Musk is leagues better than Bill Gates. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Musk is definitely a white hat or a good guy, I just don't think his position is as clear-cut as some on here want to make it seem (or as clear-cut as someone like Gates). I also absolutely don't think we should touch any of this kind of stuff with a 5-mile long metal rod until people like Gates and Zuckerberg (and Musk if that's how it shakes out) aren't in a position to even attempt to hijack or control it and impose their evil machinations into the tech.
While this has virtually nothing to do with what I originally said what I'd say to that is:
From what we've seen. We don't know everything Gates (nor Musk to be fair) has done behind closed doors.
But for someone pushing the "green agenda" he himself talks about that stuff very little. And after just now skimming through the Tesla site itself there's virtually zero environmentalist bullshit on there. The car page I looked at talked about the car itself and made very little to no mention (looked quick so I could have missed something) of "muh electric car good for planet", "GREEN GREEN GREEN!!!" while the solar panel page talked exclusively about the money you could potentially save and the lack of dependence on the grid. It seems to be all product and no propaganda at least on that specific site of his.
As for "brain chips" they're simply a tool, like anything. Now I know Neuralink aims to go beyond what I'm going to say here so I want to make clear I'm talking about the idea in general, not necessarily Musk's specific company or product. But as for a brain chip in general, it doesn't need to be some cloud-based chip that connects to the internet and lets you transmit your thoughts to other people or make you a "superhuman" or whatever else. Something as simple as a device communicating locally with a prosthetic leg, arm, or some other device to allow someone to function normally again (whether it's neck-down paralysis or a missing leg). Or a device that allows blind people to see again through a direct input to some eye device (you wouldn't have to worry about your vision being hijacked if the only input is the non-internet-connecting eye implant (effectively a camera) sending the info to a non-internet-connected device which translates the info locally into something usable by your brain thus potentially allowing you to see again).
Now you do have to trust that these things do what they say but if they're developed by white hats after the purging of the satanist cabal and are all fully open source it could at least have some level of trust behind it. And it should of course be up to the individual to make their own choice. And I admit I may very well be simplifying it and it might not be as easy as I make it seem and may not be possible at all to make this kind of tech safe and secure, but my greater point is that it's simply a tool that could possibly have proper ways found to make it safe for the person using it and if that could be done it would be a massive boon to society and to certain people with select disabilities.
Personally, I would say Musk is leagues better than Bill Gates. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Musk is definitely a white hat or a good guy, I just don't think his position is as clear-cut as some on here want to make it seem (or as clear-cut as someone like Gates). I also absolutely don't think we should touch any of this kind of stuff with a 5-mile long metal rod until people like Gates and Zuckerberg (and Musk if that's how it shakes out) aren't in a position to even attempt to hijack or control it and impose their evil machinations into the tech.