
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
But also: a big reason the “collective ambition level” is lower now than it was in, say, Silicon Valley 10-15 years ago is that climate catastrophism (ultra-pessimism about the future) has become ubiquitous. And Elon played a role in that. (Though he has walked it back recently.) — PolitiTweet.org
Sam Altman @sama
society underestimates how much it owes elon for raising the collective ambition level at a time when optimism for the future was receding