this video permanently rewired my brain when i first saw it

Please don't take life advice from a deeply unhappy man

agree with it or not, his argument is actually fairly strong

if you believe certain ideas of yours to be good
don't you have a moral imperative to pursue them
if you believe certain ideas to be bad
don't you have a moral imperative to stop them

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I understand what you're saying 

but Elon built and sold two companies before any of the afformentioned causes were started. and he did them to fund the afformentioned.

He’s saying the best way to pursue moral causes is to first sell out and make a lot of money.

Opposite is what Elon does. If you want to accelerate sustainable energy, build an EV car company. If you want people to go to Mars, build a rocket company.

agree with it or not
EAs argument is actually pretty strong

That sounds like SBF / EA

The ends do not justify the means 

The process matters a lot