Thursday, May 9, 2019

Who is your Batman

I believe that an interesting real-life comparison to Batman would be Elon Musk. It sounds stupid, but after putting some thought into it I think I may be able to back this up. Many of Musk's business ventures have always had some sort of positive twist on them while using unconventional and sometimes even controversial twists on them. Musk had a large hand in the early days of Paypal, which became one of the largest electronic payment systems; Tesla, his car company is focused on helping the environment yet being luxury cars which made them very expensive; and Spacex, his space-exploring company has been conducting experiments and stunts that many people have questioned in a negative aspect. Batman also uses unconventional and controversial methods of achieving his goals, such as extreme brutality and disregard for the law against criminals. Both of them aim to do positive things while using methods that are not expected. Elon is trying to advance humanity yet is also very rich, and Batman tries to clean up the streets by being violent. Another way they are similar is how much the break the mold of their respective roles in society. Batman, a superhero, is very dark and violent, and doesn't typically resemble the traditional superhero mold, which is evident in his violent means, disregard for the law, and the way he causes high tensions with other superheroes. Elon Musk definitely breaks the mold of massive billionaires who try and seem "hip and cool like them there kids." Some of them, i.e. Mark Zuckerburg, feel so plastic and fake. Elon seems very down-to-Earth and in-touch with modern day culture. His dark sense of humor and overall "I don't care what other's say" attitude are a reflection of how unique he is when compared to his fellow billionaire personalities. However, he does have balance and hasn't ended up like Martin Skrelli who ended up throwing his career away by fully embracing his role as a villain who disregarded others. However, what makes him stand out the most is that in my opinion he seems to genuinely care about advancing the human race technologically (i.e. his environmental-consciousness and projects towards space exploration) and not completely focused on maximizing his profits.

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  1. I don't know if Musk could be seen as really focused towards the good of humanity versus the benefit of himself because he was been tried and sued multiple times for manipulating the stock market especially of his Tesla stock in order to maximize his own profits but I understand you view of how he wants to benefit humanity.

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    1. Well I'm seeing this super late, but I still have a response. Sure, Elon Musk isn't perfect, but you know who else isn't perfect? Batman. Also, I think that his activities with several of his projects, for example SpaceX, are genuinely for the good of humanity. And maybe he's doing it for profit also. But the ratio of profit to good he's doing for humanity is a decent one, especially compared to others of his similar social standing.

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