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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
So if you got that wealthy and did activities that a person in that bracket could afford (because that's naturally what one would do) you're saying it should erase the inherent value of your life or sympathy that it warrants if you happened to die because your activities are offensive to people who don't have access to them?
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I think a lot of people just dislike rich people. Which is good and healthy.
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It's in human nature to push limits and take risks. Otherwise everest wouldn't be littered with the dead.
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I have nothing but disdain for all the people who climb the Everest, whether they live or die. It's a worthless wasteful, ecologically harmful exercise that's 100% narcissism and hubris. After the first one, no one else is "pushing limits" anymore.
I'd like to make a comparison to James Cameron here. That's also a rich, powerful white guy interested in deep sea exploration. But when he did it, he developed useful new technology while doing it, and made contributions to science by discovering previously unknown deepwater species while he was at it. He didn't just go to the Titanic, he filmed it to help him create a hugely popular piece of art, and his exploration of the wreckage significanly increased our understanding of the details of the event. When he could do anything he wanted in cinema after the success of Titanic, he basically dedicated the rest of his career to advancing cinema technology and making epic scifi films about the importance of preserving nature.
That's a person who actually pushes the limits of what humans can do with technology, and who puts his effort into something that you can argue is worthwhile. Even though he's reportedly a huge a-hole with a massive ego, he didn't spend his money and effort doing something 100% self-serving. His passion for deep sea exploration wasn't just about ego, it was also about science and art and history.
These people at the bottom of the ocean are just dumb tourists. They didn't try to do anything that was worth doing in the first place.