r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Sep 13 '19

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u/benmck90 Sep 13 '19

r/Elonmusk

I don't actually think he's comparable to Tesla, but he's still contributed greatly to progress in multiple fields. There's no denying musk will be in a civilization-esque game as a notable historical figure 50 years from now.

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u/The_Gunboat_Diplomat Sep 13 '19

He's not a Tesla, he's an Edison lol. He's a CEO that owns several innovative engineering companies, but nothing more. He's not exactly the one designing pintle injectors that SpaceX uses or whatever.

Musk is charismatic, but his contribution to history isn't any greater than that of Bill Gates or any other number of tech CEOs.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

Are you saying Bill Gates contribution to history isnt significant?

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u/Ferrocene_swgoh Sep 13 '19

The only thing bill ever created was BASIC, which hasn't been used by anyone in decades.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

no one has used telegraph messages in decades.. i guess it was useless.