Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) appeared together on Wednesday as the electric automaker unveiled a new hub for its technology employees in Silicon Valley.
Elon Musk cautioned against the risk of a singular global government leading to the collapse of civilization and emphasized the need for civilizational diversity at the World Government Summit.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates believes the SpaceX CEO’s self-declared mission to save humanity from extinction by colonizing Mars is not a good use of Elon Musk’s fortune, which would be better spent on goals like mass vaccination to save people’s lives back on Earth.
The statement was in response to a thread by journalist Michael Shellenberger regarding the World Economic Forum's (WEF) secretive finances, in which he mentioned the use of ESG criteria by the organization.