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“What is evil really? Is a doctor evil for amputating a limb to save a patient? Is a
police officer evil for shooting an armed attacker to save innocent lives? Is a
military evil for killing soldiers to rescue civilians in danger?” Billionaire
and CEO of SpaceFlight, David Sunderlin said in a recent interview. We sat down
in his penthouse apartment to discuss recent developments, including his
address to the United Nations in which he informed the world of the asteroid
hurtling towards Earth. Sunderlin granted the interview gladly and personally,
rather than using an assistant to work out the details. When I arrived at his
apartment he answered the door himself. The man with the largest fortune in the
world — made primarily through buying struggling Internet companies and then
selling them once he has turned them into household names — stood before me in
ripped jeans, a plaid shirt, and sporting plastic rimmed glasses. His
salt-and-pepper hair fought itself, a conflict which Sunderlin paid no mind.
“Of course I don’t consider myself evil,” Sunderlin continued in response to my
question, “But then again who would? I doubt any person has thought of
themselves as evil. Even the worst of us has justification for our actions. And
really, that’s the issue here. Justification.” Sunderlin went on to list
companies and individuals who justified what he considers to be evil. Were I to
print the names here I might be guilty of libel. Suffice it to say the
accusations are serious and wide-reaching. Sunderlin told me of justifying
extortion, racism, pollution, murder, slavery, oppression, starvation, war and
nearly every other crime imaginable. All of this, said Sunderlin, was justified
to the point where simply talking had no chance of changing minds.
“I don’t think I’m the best person for this job,” he leaned forward on his couch
and tented his fingers before continuing, “but I’m the one with the means. I
tried to convince people. I tried to use the political system. I tried to use
economics. I tried begging. I tried spreading my ideas across the Internet.
None of it worked and now it’s too late.” With that he leaned back into the
Corinthian leather of his sofa with an audible sigh.
Sunderlin was referring to the asteroid and his UN address. He went on to say, “It was
the only thing I could think of — the only way I could hope to affect change. I
told them what needed to happen. I told them that only if the world started
working together could the asteroid be diverted. It’s coming too quickly and
too soon for any one country or alliance to stop it alone. The whole world
needs to agree or the whole world is doomed.”
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