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It's about focus vs. distraction. I guess he's free to do what he wants but he already operates Tesla, Boringco, SpaceX. It's just not realistic that you can do

It's about focus vs. distraction. I guess he's free to do what he wants but he already operates Tesla, Boringco, SpaceX. It's just not realistic that you can do all of this and build a rescue submarine in a week and what not. Again, obviously he's free to do (and tweet) what he wants but people (and media) should really start taking his claims with more than a grain of salt. It's becoming more and more a sign of delusions of grandeur. His first priority should be to stop Tesla cars from crashing, in my opinion. Just look at the bold claims Boringco made that got reported ad nauseam and look at what they are realistically doing now. In my opinion he should try to achieve some of those goals or (xor) keep a low profile for a while.

colordrops 8y ago
Do Teslas crash at a higher rate than other cars? And what claims has Boring co made that they aren't doing? Do you have sources to back this up?
- ofrzeta 8y ago
  It's not about other cars or Teslas with human drivers but about the autopilot (that Musk also keeps making grandiose claims about). Boring co started with the bold claims claim of a 760mph Hyperloop. Now a team from Munich arrived at 223mph while Boring co has sized down from a Hyperloop with cars to a high-speed subway called the "Chicago Express Loop, [that] would use a concrete track within the tunnel, and passenger-carrying skates [that] will be able to travel at speed up to 150 miles per hour". https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/06/14/chicago-elon-musk-ohare-high-speed-transit-project/700724002/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/06/14/chicago-elon-m... Actually I wonder how they won the bid in Chicago with a track record of nothing. Well: 'We're taking a bet on a guy who doesn't like to fail," said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
  - colordrops 8y ago
    Boring Company never promised the hyper loop at its inception. When Elon initially proposed the hyper loop, he said the idea needed work and he wasn't going to attempt it himself. But don't let that get in the way of your personal vendetta with Elon.
nolite 8y ago
No offense, and I admittedly don't know you, But I'm not sure you're in the best position to give Elon Musk advice on how to be successful...

colordrops 8y ago

Do Teslas crash at a higher rate than other cars? And what claims has Boring co made that they aren't doing? Do you have sources to back this up?

ofrzeta 8y ago
It's not about other cars or Teslas with human drivers but about the autopilot (that Musk also keeps making grandiose claims about). Boring co started with the bold claims claim of a 760mph Hyperloop. Now a team from Munich arrived at 223mph while Boring co has sized down from a Hyperloop with cars to a high-speed subway called the "Chicago Express Loop, [that] would use a concrete track within the tunnel, and passenger-carrying skates [that] will be able to travel at speed up to 150 miles per hour". https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/06/14/chicago-elon-musk-ohare-high-speed-transit-project/700724002/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/06/14/chicago-elon-m... Actually I wonder how they won the bid in Chicago with a track record of nothing. Well: 'We're taking a bet on a guy who doesn't like to fail," said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
- colordrops 8y ago
  Boring Company never promised the hyper loop at its inception. When Elon initially proposed the hyper loop, he said the idea needed work and he wasn't going to attempt it himself. But don't let that get in the way of your personal vendetta with Elon.

nolite 8y ago

No offense, and I admittedly don't know you, But I'm not sure you're in the best position to give Elon Musk advice on how to be successful...