Sunday, August 10, 2025

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk say human population not nearly big enough: ‘If we had a trillion humans, we would have at any given time a thousand Mozarts’

As seen online:

““I would love to see, you know, a trillion humans living in the solar system. If we had a trillion humans, we would have at any given time a thousand Mozarts and a thousand Einsteins…Our solar system would be full of life and intelligence and energy.”” Jeff Bezos

— from Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk say human population not nearly big enough: ‘If we had a trillion humans, we would have at any given time a thousand Mozarts’ as of 10 August 2025

"It is deeply troubling that one of the richest humans that ever breathed air thinks things like that. If we had a trillion humans, our solar system would be full of suffering." — Stephen Cobb

Bezos is very rich and clearly enjoying life. He sees that as normal and wants to multiply that. But normal in 99% of humans struggling. If there were a trillion humans, 990 billion would be struggling, not chilling out to a thousand Mozarts.