@RoKhanna Did you even read his tweet? You don't need more money. Just spend the money we already give more efficiently and you can do even more than what you're proposing.
@wholemars Also without being able to select a certain area of the parking lot at work, I will always have to intervene. It needs to let me park at work and save that location. And no, moving the pin doesn't work.
No, you don't get it.
He does not have $1 trillion sitting in cash, it is 99% stock in his companies.
To make that wealth liquid would mean selling all that stock which would swiftly destroy *both* the companies (Tesla, SpaceX, others) and the wealth. If he sold it all, he'd end up with maybe $100b max, several hundred thousand people would be out of work, the companies ruined and many of their suppliers also ruined.
Okay, but now Elon has $100b in cash, and can "solve the world's problems".
$100b divided by the world's 8 billion people is $12
If you were in charge, several of the most innovative industrial companies in the world would be destroyed, hundreds of thousands out of work, and space would again close to human civilization for another generation.
But everyone on earth could have one nice meal and you could revel in your altruism.
@pauljunk@DavidMoss They just got L4 certified in TX. So I wouldn't say never. It's a start. Can't expect someone to just invent perfect self driving and get all regulatory approvals instantly. Safety is a priority for everyone and these things take time.