3 ms·

,,Elon Musk is a genius.'' Is it bad that I'm many years past graduation and I still think he is a genius? Sure, he is often wrong, but I'm amazed by his view

,,Elon Musk is a genius.'' Is it bad that I'm many years past graduation and I still think he is a genius? Sure, he is often wrong, but I'm amazed by his view / vision of the world. Thinking about the most probable causes of extinction of the whole human species and trying to create startups that decrease that possibility is really unique.

Forge36 7y ago
He is a genius. He's also a collosal asshat. I'm mostly thinking of him calling a man a pedophile. He's also good. Very very good at what he does. Talent+practice have put him in sneezing position to both be innovative with electric cars and making space launch vehicles. He's not a saint
- rozab 7y ago
  He's not just an asshat, he's arrogant to the point of incompetence. Did you know he bought the X.com domain back off PayPal for the 'sentimental value'? It's now been sitting blank for 2 years. Fuck knows how much he paid. I think for him the end goal isn't money. It isn't the advancement of civilisation. He exists to stroke his own ego.
tenpies 7y ago
Beware of calling someone a genius, especially in the current technology space and especially in the current capital markets. For reference, here are other notable "geniuses": - Adam Neumann - Elizabeth Holmes In fact for Holmes you were viciously attacked by social media and mainstream journalism if you voiced even a hint of skepticism. I don't think people realize how easily the Elon Musk narrative can collapse and he ends up - at best - persona non grata.
- xiphias2 7y ago
  If you look closely at Adam Neumann and Elon Musk, you can see that they are very different people. What do you think is better for ,,elevating human conciousness'': leasing and renting out high-end office spaces or finding and funding the best neuro scientists to productionize and monatize the brain-human interface that they were working on (and were lacking real funding)? It's too bad that Elisabeth was that good at manipulating and getting so much power so fast, because she was a great engineer. Still, I don't consider her a genius as what Elon is.
pgcj_poster 7y ago
Has he actually personally made any important discoveries or inventions? It seems to me like he got rich off of a couple relatively uninteresting businesses and has since built his personal brand by pouring money into science-fictioney stuff.
- xiphias2 7y ago
  He understood that the internet was missing an internet-native payment system and currency and was acting on it. He failed with the original plan as he had found out that centralized systems have to be regulated and boring. I think that Bitcoin continues the original spirit and vision that Paypal and X.com were about, but the fight is not over: there's still yet no widely spread global easy to use internet-native currency available, though I think it's just a matter of time.

Forge36 7y ago

He is a genius. He's also a collosal asshat. I'm mostly thinking of him calling a man a pedophile. He's also good. Very very good at what he does. Talent+practice have put him in sneezing position to both be innovative with electric cars and making space launch vehicles. He's not a saint

rozab 7y ago
He's not just an asshat, he's arrogant to the point of incompetence. Did you know he bought the X.com domain back off PayPal for the 'sentimental value'? It's now been sitting blank for 2 years. Fuck knows how much he paid. I think for him the end goal isn't money. It isn't the advancement of civilisation. He exists to stroke his own ego.

tenpies 7y ago

Beware of calling someone a genius, especially in the current technology space and especially in the current capital markets. For reference, here are other notable "geniuses": - Adam Neumann - Elizabeth Holmes In fact for Holmes you were viciously attacked by social media and mainstream journalism if you voiced even a hint of skepticism. I don't think people realize how easily the Elon Musk narrative can collapse and he ends up - at best - persona non grata.

xiphias2 7y ago
If you look closely at Adam Neumann and Elon Musk, you can see that they are very different people. What do you think is better for ,,elevating human conciousness'': leasing and renting out high-end office spaces or finding and funding the best neuro scientists to productionize and monatize the brain-human interface that they were working on (and were lacking real funding)? It's too bad that Elisabeth was that good at manipulating and getting so much power so fast, because she was a great engineer. Still, I don't consider her a genius as what Elon is.

pgcj_poster 7y ago

Has he actually personally made any important discoveries or inventions? It seems to me like he got rich off of a couple relatively uninteresting businesses and has since built his personal brand by pouring money into science-fictioney stuff.

xiphias2 7y ago
He understood that the internet was missing an internet-native payment system and currency and was acting on it. He failed with the original plan as he had found out that centralized systems have to be regulated and boring. I think that Bitcoin continues the original spirit and vision that Paypal and X.com were about, but the fight is not over: there's still yet no widely spread global easy to use internet-native currency available, though I think it's just a matter of time.