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The Borowitz Report: When Jane Goodall Destroyed Elon Musk
When the world’s most admired woman was attacked bythe world’s least interesting man, it was no contest.
Link: https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/when-jane-goodall-destroyed-elon
Like the millions of other people whose lives she touched, I miss Jane Goodall.
I had the honor of chatting with Dr. Goodall in the last year of her remarkable life. She told me a story I’d never heard before: about the time Elon Musk tried to pick a fight with her online, and failed miserably.
“He's the only person who's criticized me on social media,” she said. “Attacked me, almost. He accused me of wanting genocide. Simply because I said, you know, we can't have unlimited economic development if we carry on as we are, and the human population continues to grow.”
So Jane had a few words with Musk’s No. 2: “I said, ‘Why is your boss attacking me?” And he said, ‘Well, Elon's going to find this planet or make a planet habitable for humans. And he's afraid if the human population on planet Earth drops, then there won't be enough people for him to populate his new planet.’”
“Out there, political leaders, not only in America, other countries, too,” Jane said, “they are setting out, not deliberately to destroy the environment, but because they're carrying on as usual, they are taking more from nature than she can replenish. And I'm not going to give in to them. I mean, I won't. So the more damage they do, the harder I'll fight. And I've got literally hundreds of thousands of young people now, all feeling the same.”
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I had the honor of chatting with Dr. Goodall in the last year of her remarkable life. She told me a story I’d never heard before: about the time Elon Musk tried to pick a fight with her online, and failed miserably.
“He's the only person who's criticized me on social media,” she said. “Attacked me, almost. He accused me of wanting genocide. Simply because I said, you know, we can't have unlimited economic development if we carry on as we are, and the human population continues to grow.”
So Jane had a few words with Musk’s No. 2: “I said, ‘Why is your boss attacking me?” And he said, ‘Well, Elon's going to find this planet or make a planet habitable for humans. And he's afraid if the human population on planet Earth drops, then there won't be enough people for him to populate his new planet.’”
“Out there, political leaders, not only in America, other countries, too,” Jane said, “they are setting out, not deliberately to destroy the environment, but because they're carrying on as usual, they are taking more from nature than she can replenish. And I'm not going to give in to them. I mean, I won't. So the more damage they do, the harder I'll fight. And I've got literally hundreds of thousands of young people now, all feeling the same.”
Andy Borowitz provides a link to his 15 minute interview with the late Jane Goodall that was made in early 2025. It's uplifting with very little discussion of politics: "Guaranteed to Give You Hope"
Length 15:06, closed captions available
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to other humans. Jane, on the other hand, understands humans and more other earthly species--as well as the complexities of what is required to sustain us all, then this robot-like Musk can/will ever even perceive.
Think I love Jane Goodall? You are damned right. She was a treasure. Musk, on the other hand, may well be the death of us all. 
On the other hand, I don't want to speculate on where Elon Musk came from.
