actually your rebuttal is a little flawed. the OP is not asking "why isn't there more Elon Musks vs happy husbands & dads" he's asking "there are a lot of billionaires in the world, why dont more of them do great things instead of (insert capitalistic/extractionary/1% vs 99%/evil thing here)?"
Although he is a sample size of 1 I'm betting that Elon's family life is not much different than other billionaires. but I'm betting most of the damage came from the rough road of making that first billion.
You're right, becoming rich or famous probably involves a decision at some point of prioritizing that over the "small things" like family, but that's a decision the rest of the billionaires have made as well. the question is "if you're going to work incessantly and sacrifice so much, why not work towards truly great things instead of 50% off coupons, places to post pictures of cats, or time-wasting games?"
Although he is a sample size of 1 I'm betting that Elon's family life is not much different than other billionaires. but I'm betting most of the damage came from the rough road of making that first billion.
You're right, becoming rich or famous probably involves a decision at some point of prioritizing that over the "small things" like family, but that's a decision the rest of the billionaires have made as well. the question is "if you're going to work incessantly and sacrifice so much, why not work towards truly great things instead of 50% off coupons, places to post pictures of cats, or time-wasting games?"