Elon Musk has always been quirky - but that perhaps makes the world’s current richest man work. He wants to colonize Mars & put a Dogecoin on the moon. The Tesla CEO & SpaceX boss is something of what people consider ‘a wacky genius,’ & Musk has always given off non-conformist vibes. Musk comes up with some of the most bizarre & unbelievable ideas but when these thoughts start thinking shape, it is a leap forward into something people had not previously thought of: Like launching a car into space. Musk also regularly shares strange memes & his weird (2 AM?) thoughts on Twitter, & the Internet has one big joke about how Musk may actually be an alien. Elon Musk himself, has not disapproved of this theory…yet. He is also known for something billionaires don’t usually do - constantly respond to everyone on Twitter. He’s responded to memes, questions about Tesla or SpaceX & even anime. Musk is very active on Twitter, & it’s here that he’s decided to fight his battles.
Elon Musk recently responded to a CNN article which quoted the Executive Director for the UN World Food Programme, David Beasley as saying, “2% of Elon Musk’s wealth ($6 billion) will solve world hunger. Following the claim, Elon Musk challenged the United Nations official’s claim that 2% of his wealth could help solve world hunger. Musk was responding to comments by David Beasley, director of the UN’s World Food Programme, who repeated a call last week following an earlier tweet this month asking billionaires like Musk to “step up now, on a one-time basis." Beasley had specifically called for action from Musk & Amazon.com Inc. co-founder Jeff Bezos, reported Bloomberg. Musk & Bezos were also the top two men on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. “Just $6 billion could keep 42 million people from dying," Beasley had said. Musk threw up a challenge: “If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now & do it."
David Beasley responded, saying “Headline not accurate. $6B will not solve world hunger, but it WILL prevent geopolitical instability, mass migration & save 42 million people on the brink of starvation. An unprecedented crisis & a perfect storm due to Covid/conflict/climate crises." He also added a “With your help we can bring hope, build stability & change the future. Let’s talk: It isn’t as complicated as Falcon Heavy, but too much at stake to not at least have a conversation. I can be on the next flight to you. Throw me out if you don’t like what you hear!"
But Musk harped onto the fact - that he needed data to support this claim. “Please publish your current & proposed spending in detail so people can see exactly where money goes." He also added, “Sunlight is a wonderful thing."
The $6 billion amount would be just a small fraction of Musk’s current net worth of $311 billion — & less than the $9.3 billion his wealth increased on Oct. 29 alone, according to the billionaire’s index. Musk’s challenge may seem dodgy to many - but Musk has usually always seen his ‘eccentric’ ideas to the end. Musk’s ideas have always been ahead of its time, & sometimes ahead of competitors too. One of Musk’s biggest projects at present is getting humans to Mars. In February this year, Musk had finally put a date on the timeline to get humans to Mars: 2026. While that’s not a hard deadline. Musk listed a number of caveats — there’s a raft of technological advances that must be made in the intervening years. “The important thing is that we establish Mars as a self-sustaining civilization," he said.
The strange thing is the deadline may be a little ambitious, as even USA’s leading space agency, NASA, had a much more different date, one which is seven years after Musk’s time. The first humans aren’t due to arrive on a NASA funded rocket until at least 2033. That will be part of the Artemis - to the Moon & Mars - mission that will first see a sustainable presence established on the lunar surface.
Musk however has been firm in his Mars ambitions — & is working for it. If the UN data does work out for him, we can only expect he’ll actually contribute to the fund.
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