I strongly suspect Apple wouldn't be here had they picked Be.

What NeXT brought was exceptional developer tools, not to mention Steve Jobs.

No Steve Jobs likely would have meant no iPod, iPhone, etc.

The butterfly effect gets insane with that one, but it's kind of an interesting alternate future to think about.

Same reason they name storms, numbers scare normies

With my cynical hat on, this move is to protect xAI from any issues with Tesla having peaked, and to maximise the value in SpaceX ahead of its IPO.

I'd also question whether a species deserves a future in the cosmos when we can't even care for the people here on earth, especially when the person leading the charge thinks its ok to shut down USAID which according to published figures will result in millions of deaths of the worlds poorest people to hunger, AIDS, Malaria etc.

Tech bro psychopaths need to check themselves.