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What is your argument? Mine is that both Holmes and Musk were not initially experts in their respective fields.
by ryporter 10y ago
What is your argument? Mine is that both Holmes and Musk were not initially experts in their respective fields.
- TheOtherHobbes 10y agoMusk lives to learn. Holmes apparently - doesn't. In an engineering culture, there's solid respect for reality. In a political culture there's respect for caste, status, and power, but not so much for reality. Political people believe their own PR. They believe all they have to do is throw money at something and bang the table enough and they can get whatever they want. Engineers know it doesn't work like that. Sometimes they throw money at things and bang the table too, but ultimately if reality says "No" - or "Not yet" - they accept that and move on.
- kiba 10y agoAbsolutely. The difference is that Musk actually operate companies that build real things that actually work. If the product don't actually work in the first place, you can't call that innovation and it appears that Holmes failed to do her due diligence.