16:[[24561706,{"by":"temporalparts","descendants":9,"id":24561706,"kids":[24564275,24575715,24562444,24577751,24578701,24567916,24562507],"score":12,"text":"Hey HN community,

To my surprise, I don't see a successful thread [0] about Tesla and would really like to hear from this community on what y'all think about what was presented today by Tesla. I really enjoy reading the insights and feedback of this community.

Sincerely,\ntemporalparts

[0] Only a bunch of threads by people with only 2 or 3 points. Maybe I'm wrong and there is not interest in the community to talk about this.","time":1600821769,"title":"Ask HN: What did you think of the Tesla Battery Day?","type":"story"}],[24408324,{"by":"digitalmaster","descendants":98,"id":24408324,"kids":[24410323,24410186,24410207,24409615,24409681,24409969,24409838,24410136,24409675,24410680,24410559,24409118,24427481,24408492,24414232,24409707,24409242,24432193,24416853,24413301,24409651,24435451,24410691,24409542,24412493,24421869,24412997,24410406,24413549,24408928,24409479,24409617],"score":97,"text":"Are there any well funded tech startups / companies tackling major societal problems?\nAny of these fair game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_global_issues

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I don't see or hear of any and want to know if this is just my bias or if there really is a shortage of resources in tech being allocated to solving the worlds most important problems. I'm sure I'm not the only engineer that's looking out for companies like this.

Ran into this previous Ask HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24168902) that asked a similar question. However, here I wanna focus on the better funded efforts (not side projects, philanthropy etc).

One example I've heard so far is Tesla. Any others?","time":1599573103,"title":"Ask HN: Any well funded tech companies tackling big, meaningful problems?","type":"story"}],[24297622,{"by":"xoxoy","descendants":31,"id":24297622,"kids":[24300701,24297941,24302874,24299522,24303966,24299397,24299589,24300653,24297790,24298485,24308634,24300415,24299266,24298553,24299071,24302967],"score":13,"text":"Stock is trading at all time highs but it’s delivery numbers seem to be roughly the same over the last 6-8 quarters or so.

It’s now more valuable than Johnson & Johnson and Visa.

What’s going on here?","time":1598556433,"title":"Ask HN: Why is Tesla worth $420B?","type":"story"}]]

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