Why, Though?

[If you work in space, any salary is astronomical.🥁]
A few months back, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sat down for an interview with Cleo Abram. I confess to not making it through more than a minute of that video. Perhaps I should, but for now, Fortune’s Preston Fore managed to get to at least the 22 minute mark. That’s where this quote can be found:

“In 2035, that graduating college student, if they still go to college at all, could very well be leaving on a mission to explore the solar system on a spaceship in some completely new, exciting, super well-paid, super interesting job,”

OK, so just so I’m clear, in a decade, perhaps college won’t be a thing and definitely space jobs will be. Also, space explorers will be “super well-paid”, which somehow makes sense.

Space exploration can be incredibly inspirational, but it certainly seems best served by governments. Meanwhile, Carnegie built libraries. I really can’t believe that all of these chucklefuck billionaires have decided on a private space race.

Link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/openai-ceo-sam-altman-says-142824605.html