> He was also an author, publisher, and philanthropist, although he said of himself: "I am a showman by profession ... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me.” According to Barnum's critics, his personal aim was "to put money in his own coffers". The adage "there's a sucker born every minute" has frequently been attributed to him, although no evidence exists that he had coined the phrase.
Building a Dyson sphere around our sun would require more energy and material than we have access to or are capable of harnessing. So while a nice idea, it is a dead-end in practical terms.
A big part of his job is being a stock promoter. He is raising funds at a 500 billion dollar valuation, so it clearly works. Promise the moon (or Dyson sphere) is a proven way to generate hype and stay in the limelight.
It's not that crazy from a futurism perspective. If we become an interplanetary civilization, we will probably have things like this run our compute. I just wouldn't spend money investing in that future today...
At this rate, by mid-2026 he's going to be promising "Universe 2: Electric Boogaloo" - a plan to create an entire second universe just to put data centers into - just to juice the market for a little while longer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Barnum
> He was also an author, publisher, and philanthropist, although he said of himself: "I am a showman by profession ... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me.” According to Barnum's critics, his personal aim was "to put money in his own coffers". The adage "there's a sucker born every minute" has frequently been attributed to him, although no evidence exists that he had coined the phrase.
Building a Dyson sphere around our sun would require more energy and material than we have access to or are capable of harnessing. So while a nice idea, it is a dead-end in practical terms.
it's just "let's build a space elevator" part 2.
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A big part of his job is being a stock promoter. He is raising funds at a 500 billion dollar valuation, so it clearly works. Promise the moon (or Dyson sphere) is a proven way to generate hype and stay in the limelight.
It's not that crazy from a futurism perspective. If we become an interplanetary civilization, we will probably have things like this run our compute. I just wouldn't spend money investing in that future today...
Is that before or after he will implement UBI?
At this rate, by mid-2026 he's going to be promising "Universe 2: Electric Boogaloo" - a plan to create an entire second universe just to put data centers into - just to juice the market for a little while longer