[not_real_acct]

Over a decade ago, when Amazon wasn't the powerhouse it is today, I dated someone who routinely interacted with Jeff Bezos.

According to them, Bezos feels the same way. Amazon is basically a means-to-an-end, and that "end" is to get humanity into outer space, as an insurance policy in the event of a catastrophe on earth.

[ambicapter]

How come Bezos has never brought this up, ever?

[not_real_acct]

Realistically, he's probably keeping a low profile because that's best for Amazon.

According to Bezos, Amazon is a means to an end, and that "end" is putting man in space.

If Bezos said something that spooked investors, that would be bad for Amazon, and what's bad for Amazon is bad for Bezos' long term goal:

Colonization of space.

Three week ago, Jeff Bezos said the following:

"But, Bezos said, if the Earth's population and energy consumption keeps expanding as it has, we will reach a point where every corner of the planet would need to be covered in solar panels to provide people with the quality of life the developed world has come to expect. "We will run out of energy on Earth," he said. "This is just arithmetic, it's going to happen ... If we move out into the universe, for all practical purposes, we have unlimited resources."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/10/tech/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-b...

[SECProto]

He founded Blue Origin in 2000. For whatever reason, he is the opposite of Musk about his Space company - shares the barest minimum possible.

[EquallyJust]

Given his support for The Long Now and Blue Origin it doesn't surprise me much.

http://longnow.org/

[zeristor]

You’d think if they were really keen on that they would see the value of working together, not seemingly antagonistically, mind you competition is good, to an extent.

What I have noticed as that Elon uses metric, and Bezos Imperial units, Imperial units in space just seems stupid to me.