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I'm not arguing specifically about his actions, but about his actions in relation to the future. Like in any societal shift there are opportunities for the people who come out on top to leverage their position for themselves. Whether that is blocking public beaches or cheating the environment (like e.g. Volkswagen did).

But in the end you are cheating not only everyone else but also yourself. Volkswagen by falling behind in the shift to electric and Khosla in making his own community less viable. At the same time there are companies and communities out there, like Tesla (at lest for their customers), trying to do their best to provide as much value as possible.

While I get your point about tragedy of the commons I would still put that in the same category. I isn't like billionaires are the sole source of dysfunction in the world. It is a larger issue about giving up your own position for the benefit of more people so you all have something to build on. Certainly dysfunctional government, whether corrupt or democratically so, is part of that as well.

This is especially important with increasing complexity, and increased leverage in complexity. You can't really predict what specifically is going to make the difference.