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Important to whom? The same power that lets a billionaire develop spaceflight can also be used to instigate an ecological disaster, roll back human rights, or unleash killer robots.


In theory, but in practice when did a billionaire do these things you’re worried about outside of a Bond film?

Doesn’t history suggest that the state is more likely to deploy capital in destructive fashion than a private actor?


> In theory, but in practice when did a billionaire do these things you’re worried about outside of a Bond film?

Looking at fossil fuel oligarchs shepherding in global warming, international human rights setbacks, and Tesla's "self-driving" cars that regularly kill other road users... they're more or less doing those things now?




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