So you’re saying that creating & making commercially available:
- emission-less self-driving electric vehicles (Model S, Model Y, Model 3, Model X, Cybertruck, etc) (Tesla)
- aesthetically pleasing solar roofs (Tesla)
- whole home battery backup (Powerwall)
- commercial scale battery backup (Megablock)
- rural access to high speed internet (Starlink)
- tunnels to reduce urban congestion (Boring Company)
- reusable rockets to cheaply launch satellites/astronauts into space benefitting NASA and countless other companies (SpaceX)
- social media platform that does not infringe on free speech rights (X)
- advanced AI chatbot/LLM (xAI, Grok)
- brain-computer interface implants that aid paraplegics (not commercially available yet) (Neuralink)
does not benefit us all? Ok 👍 👌
He’s also donated his products, services:
- free Starlink terminals & service to Ukraine when they were invaded by Russia. Simultaneously eliminated Starlink use in Russia.
- free Starlink terminals & service to victims of hurricane Helene.
- donated $2.4 million to St. Bernard Project (SBP), a New Orleans-based nonprofit focused on disaster recovery and home rebuilding.
- sent Cybertrucks equipped with Starlink terminals (acting as mobile WiFi hotspots) into disaster areas:
- California wildfires (Palisades/Los Angeles/Malibu/Altadena).
- Maui Wildfires, Hawaii.
- hurricane Ian, Florida.
- Texas floods.
- hurricane Alyssa, Jamaica/Cuba.
And he donated his wealth via the Musk Foundation:
- $370 million to “The Foundation” (Musk-linked nonprofit for a STEM-focused primary/secondary school in Texas, serving areas near his businesses).
- $35 million to Fidelity Charitable (donor-advised fund for unspecified causes).
- $7.1 million to Baylor Scott & White Healthcare (major Texas nonprofit health system).
- $5.4 million to XPRIZE Foundation (e.g., carbon removal technologies).
- $5 million to Austin Habitat for Humanity (affordable housing).
- $5 million to Windward School (LA prep school attended by one of his sons).
- $2.4 million to St. Bernard Project (disaster recovery, as noted above).
- $50 million to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
The list goes on…
But you’re probably right. None of that benefits us.