I have no love for Musk, but I remember this not being as clear cut at the time. Unicef was tweeting at Musk to stir up some drama (I assume) not really expecting him to reply (I think the head Unicef guy later said something to the effect of “its a big deal they even got a reply”). So when he did reply and everyone started going crazy asking for details…they kind of floundered for a bit. When they eventually shared some details, It was basically just more of what Unicef was already doing. Not that’s a bad thing, but it was far cry from ‘solving’ world hunger (at least it was compared to twitters interpretation of was solved meant). Unicef looked a bit silly for claiming that they could ‘solve’ world hunger and Musk walked away looking like an ass for being dismissive towards charity in general.
Incorrect. CNN noted that it would only take a fraction of Musk’s wealth to “solve” world hunger.
Musk then took it to Twitter, which started the Twitter conversation.
to stir up some drama (I assume)
Yeah, because Unicef is known for being childish and liking to “stir up drama” on Twitter. It’s practically synonymous with their mission, and they have a habit of
You get the idea. I don’t think I need to continue point by point.
I have no love for Musk, but I remember this not being as clear cut at the time. Unicef was tweeting at Musk to stir up some drama (I assume) not really expecting him to reply (I think the head Unicef guy later said something to the effect of “its a big deal they even got a reply”). So when he did reply and everyone started going crazy asking for details…they kind of floundered for a bit. When they eventually shared some details, It was basically just more of what Unicef was already doing. Not that’s a bad thing, but it was far cry from ‘solving’ world hunger (at least it was compared to twitters interpretation of was solved meant). Unicef looked a bit silly for claiming that they could ‘solve’ world hunger and Musk walked away looking like an ass for being dismissive towards charity in general.
This is pretty much entirely factually incorrect.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/04/26/elon-musk-hunger/
Incorrect. CNN noted that it would only take a fraction of Musk’s wealth to “solve” world hunger.
Musk then took it to Twitter, which started the Twitter conversation.
Yeah, because Unicef is known for being childish and liking to “stir up drama” on Twitter. It’s practically synonymous with their mission, and they have a habit of
You get the idea. I don’t think I need to continue point by point.