@ronsterd89 We would struggle and suffer more without people like him. If he, and people like him, develop products and services that make life easier and develop businesses that make hundreds of millions of people wealthier, why do we care that they get the most wealthy?
@ZachWLambert You act as if it's a finite pie, and his big slice means that others have to get smaller slices. He's making the pie larger, and he's getting a large percentage of the increase, but it doesn't take pie away from others. They still have their pie, and many share in the increase.
@mt_levalley@ErikVoorhees Elon's net worth increased by an estimated $118 billion on Friday. Whose pockets was it redistributed from? Did anybody get poorer from the IPO, or did the pie just grow larger, and he got a larger slice of the incremental increase? That's not redistribution.
@Hyperbolaman@alexboge You're just using the same equation as before with the word "ratio." I think the thing that can help us all rest easy is knowing that you are not in a position where misunderstanding this concept matters. As long as the scientists, engineers, etc. get it, we're good.
@Hyperbolaman@alexboge While that works for many things, it doesn't work for numbers with ratios as their units. Here's an example: If snow on the ground weighs 10 psf over 1 square foot and 20 psf over 99 square feet, the average psf is not 15 psf. It's 19.9 psf.
@Hyperbolaman@alexboge Even if there was time available, driving one mile at 15 mph and one mile at 45 mph does not average out to 30 mph. It's 22.5 mph. Average speed is distance divided by time. These are standard equations. Very easy to verify with a quick search.