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"a diamond-shaped factory of outlandish proportions is emerging from the sweat and promises of Tesla CEO Elon Musk" I can't help being reminded of the Bertolt
by microtherion 10y ago
"a diamond-shaped factory of outlandish proportions is emerging from the sweat and promises of Tesla CEO Elon Musk"
I can't help being reminded of the Bertolt Brecht poem:
Who built the seven gates of Thebes?
The books are filled with names of kings.
Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?
https://allpoetry.com/A-Worker-Reads-History https://allpoetry.com/A-Worker-Reads-History
- zem 10y agobeautiful poem, thanks for the pointer!
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- obstinate 10y agoAs with everything, there is not one single cause. However, if you ask which cause of the gigafactory was least interchangeable with the rest, Musk seems like as good a candidate as any.
- friedman23 10y agoAsk yourself this, would spacex or tesla exist if Elon Musk weren't here?
- TheSageMage 10y agoNot OP, but he's not saying Elon doesn't deserve credit, he's just saying he doesn't deserve all the credit. The quote makes it sounds like Elon himself build everything alone, rather than being a successful leader, as well innovator.
- kasparsklavins 10y agoTo be fair, Tesla existed before Elon took over it.
- adventured 10y agoIt's similar in concept to comparing Starbucks before and after Schultz. The before and after companies have practically nothing in common.
- babyrainbow 10y agoAsk yourself this. Would Elon Musk be here if there was no...business opportunity? Now you know your true lord to bow down...
- bawana 10y agono ask yourself THIS: would elon musk have done any of this if he were married?
- zigzigzag 10y agoHow is the factory diamond shaped?
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