Just Because Elon Musk’s Associate Thinks They Could Build Jurassic Park Does Not Mean They Should

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April 9, 2021, 7:21 am

A business partner of Elon Musk casually shared that he believes their company could create its own Jurassic Park last week, and the entire internet collectively screamed “NO.”

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Apparently co-founder Max Hodak believes technology created by the company could also be used to create their own version of the infamous island filled with dinosaurs that eventually cause chaos and destruction for the surrounding humans.

“We could probably build Jurassic Park if we wanted to,” he tweeted on Saturday. “Wouldn’t be genetically authentic dinosaurs but [shrugging emoji]. Why don’t we more intentionally try to generate novel diversity?”

Biodiversity (antifragility) is definitely valuable; conservation is important and makes sense. But why do we stop there? Why don’t we more intentionally try to generate novel diversity?

— Max Hodak (@max_hodak) April 4, 2021

Of course, generating “novel diversity” does not have to mean purposely recreating monstrous creatures that could kill us all, and the vast majority of people were not on board with Hodak’s idea.

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Jurassic Park: “Playing God is dangerous”
Elon Musk: “Wow cool dinosaur!”

— LeopardBunny, Homophile Communist Infiltrator (@ALeopardBooty) April 8, 2021

I prefer the book, where the park’s creator gets eaten by dinosaurs.

— Greenwich Meme Time (@miraclemiggs) April 8, 2021

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well in that case i’m all for it

can’t wait to be accidentally turned into jam by an automated hovercar

— Skrrt Vonnegut (@Skrrt__Vonnegut) April 8, 2021

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There are also environmental challenges to taking on such a monumental task.

Which, perhaps unintuitively, leads to species extinction and a decrease in biodiversity.

— Joel P (@ferrouswheel) April 4, 2021

There would be more oxygen when they’ve eaten all the humans and other animals!

— Karl Brealey (@KarlBrealey) April 8, 2021

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Also…maybe that money would simply be better spent doing actual good for humanity instead of doing something that could wipe us out just for fun.

There are reasons people say we shouldn’t have billionaires and preventing them from getting bored and building Jurassic Park is definitely very high on that list.

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*First Published: April 9, 2021, 7:21 am