Musk has made massive strides in sectors that benefit humanity like clean energy, space travel, public transportation, etc. Musk has flaws; so does everyone else. Oh but he has deep flaws, says Robinson. Well it turns out that those with deep passions also house deep flaws. Even still Robinson should be grateful visionaries like Musk spent their time and money helping develop civilization to such a comfortable level. Only then after real problems like food, sanitation, housing, transportation, etc. have been solved can Robinson afford an occupation that allows him to criticize contributors unabated while contributing nothing substantial himself.<p>Now we need people to write and criticize and highlight the issues in our societies and ourselves. But 2021 has so many bigger fish worthy to be fried than Musk. Robinson himself doesn't even have an answer to a "problem" like Musk. That's because he isn't paid to solve real problems; he's paid to talk about imaginary ones. In the early twentieth century, Current Affairs would be publishing headlines like "Surely We Can Do Better Than Thomas Edison". But personally I prefer "Surely we can do better than Nathan J. Robinson."
I'd love if people did better than Elon Musk, unfortunately no one is right now. Elon Musk is a bright star in the world right now for progress while most people are proclaiming doom and gloom and doing little to solve it.