Elon Musk

Well, then Friedemann says, well, in that case, why don't you have them use teaspoons?

Just with teaspoons.

Think of all the jobs you'll create.

I mean, it's bullshit.

Basically, you just want people to work on things that are productive.

You want people to work on building things, on providing products and services that people find valuable, like making food, being a farmer or a plumber or an electrician or just anyone who's a builder or providing useful services.

And that's what you want people to be doing.

Not fake government jobs that don't add any value or may subtract value.

But it's also like, you know, to illustrate the absurdity of also how is the economy measured?

Like the way economists measure the economy is nonsensical.

Because they'll measure any job no matter – even if that job is a dumb job that has no point and is even counterproductive.

So like the joke is like there's two economists going on a hike in the woods.

They come across a pile of shit and one economist says to the other, I'll pay you $100 to eat that shit.

The economist eats the shit, gets the $100, and they keep walking.

Then they come across another pile of shit, and the other economist says, now I'll pay you $100 to eat the pile of shit.

So he pays the other economist $100 to eat the pile of shit.

Then they say, look, wait a second.

We both just ate a pile of shit and we don't have any more extra money.

Like we both – you just gave the $100 back to me and we both ate a pile of shit.

This doesn't make any sense.