A lot of people hate Elon Musk. Some of it might be justified, but a lot of it is cancel culture. But regardless of where you stand on him personally, he is one of the most influential people of our time.

I watched a video from early this morning showing a SpaceX rocket coming back to Earth and getting “caught” by a structure on the launch platform.

This is one of the wildest things I’ve ever witnessed.

Elon Musk is a lot of things. But with the bad comes the good.

He helped pioneer secure payment on the internet with PayPal, and brough electric vehicles to the mainstream with Tesla. Through Starlink, he’s provided previously-disconnected regions of the planet with low-cost internet.

The Boring Company builds high-speed underground transport solutions, and Neuralink is giving quadriplegics the power to control computers with their thoughts.

He was also a co-founder of ChatGPT and creator of OpenAI.

A large part of why we’re entering a world of science fiction is because of the innovation he’s spurred.

Political opinions and billionaire arrogance aside, Elon Musk is one of the most important people alive right now for global technological progress.