Musk Says Saving Money Is Pointless Because Abundance Is Coming. The Companies Building It Just Reported They've Run Out of Spare Cash
About This Episode
On Thursday October 29 Elon Musk posted on X that 'saving money for the distant future is pointless with the advent of super intelligent abundance', replying to a user who said their questionable financial decisions wouldn't matter in a few years. The same day, Amazon reported $77.3 billion of quarterly capital spending and a second straight quarter of negative free cash flow, and Alphabet had its worst trading day since its 2004 IPO after being punished for burning cash. The abundance is being paid for now, in cash, by the builders, and a listener who takes the advice is betting their retirement on the timeline of the people sending the bill.
Our Take
Musk told the public on Thursday that saving for the distant future is pointless because abundance is coming; the same day the companies building that abundance reported they are paying for it in cash they no longer have, so the question is who carries the gap between the bill and the payoff, and the answer is the person who stopped saving.
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