Gates not sure of Hyperloop

Bill Gates threw some shade at a concept from fellow tech mogul Elon Musk, whose plans for a “Hyperloop” through the East Coast drew some ridicule.

Musk tweeted in July, “Just received verbal govt approval for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 mins.”

In Gates’ AMA, u/123lift asked if the Gates Foundation had any plans to tackle inadequate public transportation, since “it seems overlooked.”

“I think electric cars and autonomous vehicles will be great things … I am not sure the hyperloop concept makes sense,” Gates said, “Making it safe is hard.”

It’s a not-so-subtle jab at the Tesla CEO, whose Boring Company just got a permit to start exploratory digging in DC.
Gates also wants to see more innovation in reducing healthcare costs, improving education, and addressing poverty. “The benefit of getting these things right would be amazing,”

He said, “With all the talk about inequity it is interesting that we still work on vertical areas like health, education, housing, food, etc.. as separate things rather than having a full view of the challenges someone faces.”