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Humans have a lot of trouble with realizing people aren't binary. People hate the idea that bad people can do good things.

>>bawolf+(OP)
Is that really true? Young children perhaps. IME most folks learn that people are complicated at least by adolescence once they realize their parents are imperfect.

Of course there is the ever present temptation to resort to tribalism, which is pretty binary: in or out.

>>paulry+fk
For example, the general attitude shift about Elon Musk following that cave rescue incident. Before that he could do no wrong, and after that he could do no right.

>>tbrown+yz
I'm struggling to think of anything he did after the cave incident that could be construed as right?

I don't think this is an interpretation problem. I think he genuinely started going down a path that most of us disagree with.

>>bawolf+(OP)
My favorite (or perhaps most regrettable) example of this is Albert Einstein.

Obviously brilliant, but a real piece of shit when it came to women and fatherhood.

Still, I can appreciate his scientific work nonetheless.

>>marcus+cL
Neuralink is incredibly cool and that's just the first thing that comes to mind. You might be struggling to realise people aren't binary.

>>marcus+cL
If taking heroic doses of ketamine on a regular basis is wrong, I don't want to be right.

>>fartfe+021
Neuralink scares the bejeesus out of me, for good reasons. But I'll grant you it could be used for good.

And no, I'm very OK with non-binary people.

>>tbrown+yz
He was just better at his PR and kept his filter running. Once he hit a critical mass of money and influence, he let the mask slip.

>>marcus+cL
He’s providing starlink for free to Iranians right now afaik.

>>intere+7m2
Fair point. And he provided free coverage for a long while with Ukraine [0].

I'm tempted to speculate on reasons, but I think I'll just leave it and admit that yes, he did a good thing here.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russian-Ukrain...