Counter counterpoint: Bezos has money and got only silly toys at the edge of space. Branson has money and got nowhere too. NASA has money - billions in tax dollars - yet they can't build anything without spreading the work across 50 states and 100 different contractors. Until they changed their contracting method to contract types that Space X could bid on and win, which was smart on their part.

Sure, having a bunch of money is important - getting into the space business requires a lot of startup capital. But even with money, most ventures fail, yet Musk succeeded. I just think it's strange the lengths that 2022 redditors are willing to go to deny Musk any credit at all for Tesla, Space X, Starlink, etc. But regardless of credit, Space X is revolutionizing access to space, and that's a great thing.

Unpopular 2022 Musk is the same Musk that led Space X from its founding to its current role of revolutionizing access to space, and was quite popular until a year or three ago. And yes, he accomplished that by hiring a bunch of ridiculously smart people, motivating them to work hard and succeed, and taking risks that the entrenched players wouldn't take. I'm not worried one bit about Space X continuing to do more of what it's done so far. Sure, I do wish other competitors would step up, but so for no one else has. The entrenched bureaucracies like NASA and Boeing/Lockheed have proven unable to innovate. The other upstarts have overly modest goals like 6-minute entertainment rides.

If Bezos really wants to revolutionize space, the best thing he could do is probably to just buy Twitter from Musk and immediately ban Musk from it. Maybe then Musk would get back to focusing on space.

While I'm not as angry as you, in fact this graph has convinced me that there's no reasonable concern about guest worker deaths in Qatar.

Someone in the comments analyzed these numbers and determined that the average death rate for guest workers in Qatar appears to be less than for people living in India.

If your employer matches your contribution then absolutely! (That is, if you contribute 4% of your pay to the 401K, then the employer will contribute another 4%.) That's the easiest money you'll ever make. Contribute at least up to the maximum that your employer matches.

Now while the money you contribute is yours forever, there could be fine print on the company match. For example, if the company contribution only "vests" (meaning it becomes permanently yours) after 3 years, and you don't expect to keep working there for 3 years, then it might not be such mandatory, but it's still a good way to invest tax-free.

Anyway the usual rule is to contribute up to the match if at all possible, to get more of your employer's free money.