[mrsmith]

They have to do something with their money.
Like all rich people, they have to invest it (don’t let the voters know this or the media will fall on you like a ton of bricks).
They are investing their capital wisely in risky ‘high-reward’ investments.

The government should have long ago forced competition upon them IMO, but I’m glad to see capitalism at work.
This author trying to scare people is a sad example of the kind of sheep we are educating these days.

[JouleZ]

Google has invested in three huge barges off both coasts so they are doing well but just what those barges are really for is still a mystery. Maybe a robotic T-Rex is born there or another Jurassic Park on the sea.

[Ozark Tom]

Robotics is the system of tools that will enable the industrialization of space and extraction of planetary resources throughout the solar system.