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There's nothing going wrong with Elon or his companies that can't be fixed - but for the good of mankind we need to hunt him down, kidnap him, and make him get

There's nothing going wrong with Elon or his companies that can't be fixed - but for the good of mankind we need to hunt him down, kidnap him, and make him get a good night's rest for about two weeks with zero contact on electronic devices or people. I felt similarly wired to what I see in the video once, I took a 10 day meditation retreat and whether or not it works doing nothing for over a week was exactly what I needed. The problem is that it is easy to justify not doing this - an endless series of excuses are available. Afterwards you'll feel the sharpest and most focused you've ever been and the effect lasts for weeks.

emodendroket 8y ago
Maybe what's for the good of mankind is to stop funneling public money to somebody so unstable and unable to deliver on his promises.
- nickik 8y ago
  This is a complete lie. Tesla payed back the loans to the government. SpaceX is excellently executing on the ISS Cargo contracts and are the furthest ahead in terms of human spaceflight as well. SpaceX has performed many flights for government and is universally agree on that they have saved the government an absolute shitton of money.
  - emodendroket 8y ago
    Here's an instance just months ago https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/14/technology/elon-musk-boring-company-chicago/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/14/technology/elon-musk-boring...
    - nickik 8y ago
      You mean this privately financed project?
- beaconstudios 8y ago
  do you really think the world would be a better place without the guy who's been pushing for cars to go electric, and drastically lowering the cost and practicality of space launches? There's plenty of people who I wish didn't have the impact they do, but Elon Musk isn't one of them. Sure, he makes mistakes, but in contrast to what he's been able to achieve those mistakes seem very permissible.
  - emodendroket 8y ago
    Ask all the injured factory workers what they think, maybe?
    - beaconstudios 8y ago
      Of course the injuries suffered by the tesla workers are tragic and I'd much prefer if tesla would work at a safer, saner pace so as not to endanger their people. But I'm still glad that someone is out there trying to put a dent in climate change, and get our space trajectory back on track.
    - manigandham 8y ago
      There are injured factory workers from every factory on the planet. We should be better, but it's unlikely to ever be 0 anywhere. Either way, we cannot just stop the world every time somebody somewhere gets hurt.
      - emodendroket 8y ago
        The rates were worse at Tesla in part because of frivolities like "Elon doesn't like yellow safety markers aesthetically."
        manigandham 8y ago
        There have been no corroborating reports of this other than that single article, and there are miles of yellow all over the factory which now has a better safety record than when it was under previous ownership.

emodendroket 8y ago

Maybe what's for the good of mankind is to stop funneling public money to somebody so unstable and unable to deliver on his promises.

nickik 8y ago
This is a complete lie. Tesla payed back the loans to the government. SpaceX is excellently executing on the ISS Cargo contracts and are the furthest ahead in terms of human spaceflight as well. SpaceX has performed many flights for government and is universally agree on that they have saved the government an absolute shitton of money.
- emodendroket 8y ago
  Here's an instance just months ago https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/14/technology/elon-musk-boring-company-chicago/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/14/technology/elon-musk-boring...
  - nickik 8y ago
    You mean this privately financed project?
beaconstudios 8y ago
do you really think the world would be a better place without the guy who's been pushing for cars to go electric, and drastically lowering the cost and practicality of space launches? There's plenty of people who I wish didn't have the impact they do, but Elon Musk isn't one of them. Sure, he makes mistakes, but in contrast to what he's been able to achieve those mistakes seem very permissible.
- emodendroket 8y ago
  Ask all the injured factory workers what they think, maybe?
  - beaconstudios 8y ago
    Of course the injuries suffered by the tesla workers are tragic and I'd much prefer if tesla would work at a safer, saner pace so as not to endanger their people. But I'm still glad that someone is out there trying to put a dent in climate change, and get our space trajectory back on track.
  - manigandham 8y ago
    There are injured factory workers from every factory on the planet. We should be better, but it's unlikely to ever be 0 anywhere. Either way, we cannot just stop the world every time somebody somewhere gets hurt.
    - emodendroket 8y ago
      The rates were worse at Tesla in part because of frivolities like "Elon doesn't like yellow safety markers aesthetically."
      - manigandham 8y ago
        There have been no corroborating reports of this other than that single article, and there are miles of yellow all over the factory which now has a better safety record than when it was under previous ownership.