Elon Musk is Time's 2021 Person of the Year。他說了這段話 "I admire anyone who is making a positive contribution to humanity, whether that is in entertainment or technology," Musk told Time. "I think anyone who is doing things that are really useful for the rest of humanity, I admire them greatly."
這話讓我想起先賢墨子。了解墨子的人一定熟悉他的主張,包括:“兼愛”、“尚賢”、“交相利”等等。“兼愛”實則是反對儒家的“親有差”。“尚賢”就不用說了,是任人為才,而不是靠關係。“交相利”是指勞動光榮,人人為社會作貢獻。作為工匠代表,墨子提倡發展技術和促進生產力。
試想一下,如果當初占上風的是墨家而不是儒家,中國會出多少Elon Musk,又誰會知道呢?