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Elon can be obnoxious- I cannot, you cannot, everyone you know should not. We all know obnoxious people and none of them currently are walking around landing ro

by 3327 7y ago

Elon can be obnoxious- I cannot, you cannot, everyone you know should not. We all know obnoxious people and none of them currently are walking around landing rockets on earth are they? When they also do something as such, they can be obnoxious too. I think people being critical of Elon for being obnoxious - are actually obnoxious and are missing the big picture for personal traits of one of the greatest inventors of our lifetime. How about- Sit the fahk down and have popcorn while your car drives you to work while you (and everyone else) watch a falcon heavy auto-landing its boosters.

_bxg1 7y ago
I wouldn't call him "an inventor". He only knows enough about the technical side of things to make business decisions. Here's what's made him uniquely successful: - He was fortunate enough to be a founder of one of the dot-com boom's most successful companies, starting him out as an Insanely Rich Individual. - He has a smart mind for business, when he uses it. - He has a knack for envisioning products that aren't just incremental steps forward from what's out there, but multiple steps forward, and then unifying people smarter than him into implementing that vision (the "Steve Jobs effect"). He didn't invent rockets that can land themselves. He had the idea, figured out the business plan, and funded it with his piles of money. That's not nothing, but it doesn't make him Our Lord and Savior. And even if it did, that doesn't give someone a free pass on being a jerk to others (he hasn't been that big of a jerk, as billionaires go, but the principle remains).
- gitgud 7y ago
  I'm not a huge fan of Elon, mainly because he puts himself forward as a lone genius inventor, when in reality there's hundreds of engineering teams below him accomplishing his goals...
- rowanG077 7y ago
  I'm not sure there are very many people smarter then Elon. He no doubt unifies people to his cause but I doubt even a small fraction of them are actually smarter then Elon himself.
gitgud 7y ago
Ironically, this seems to come off as obnoxious...
octosphere 7y ago
It's called 'cult of personality'. Forget Elon as the person he is and focus on metrics and outcomes, which is what Elon essentially wants: bare bones data on how (and why) his ventures perform.

by 3327 7y ago

_bxg1 7y ago

I wouldn't call him "an inventor". He only knows enough about the technical side of things to make business decisions. Here's what's made him uniquely successful: - He was fortunate enough to be a founder of one of the dot-com boom's most successful companies, starting him out as an Insanely Rich Individual. - He has a smart mind for business, when he uses it. - He has a knack for envisioning products that aren't just incremental steps forward from what's out there, but multiple steps forward, and then unifying people smarter than him into implementing that vision (the "Steve Jobs effect"). He didn't invent rockets that can land themselves. He had the idea, figured out the business plan, and funded it with his piles of money. That's not nothing, but it doesn't make him Our Lord and Savior. And even if it did, that doesn't give someone a free pass on being a jerk to others (he hasn't been that big of a jerk, as billionaires go, but the principle remains).

gitgud 7y ago
I'm not a huge fan of Elon, mainly because he puts himself forward as a lone genius inventor, when in reality there's hundreds of engineering teams below him accomplishing his goals...
rowanG077 7y ago
I'm not sure there are very many people smarter then Elon. He no doubt unifies people to his cause but I doubt even a small fraction of them are actually smarter then Elon himself.

gitgud 7y ago

Ironically, this seems to come off as obnoxious...

octosphere 7y ago

It's called 'cult of personality'. Forget Elon as the person he is and focus on metrics and outcomes, which is what Elon essentially wants: bare bones data on how (and why) his ventures perform.