Lying is different from overly optimistic and promising ideas that did not pan out. It depends on where you come from, if you are skeptic, its lying. If you ar

Lying is different from overly optimistic and promising ideas that did not pan out. It depends on where you come from, if you are skeptic, its lying. If you are a bit charitable towards Musk or Jobs, its just some idea that did not pan out. If we live long enough, you would find, success is an exception. So, the older I get I do not buy the hype, but I do not call people with a decent results track record as liars. They might have failed at delivering and thats about it.