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I'm getting pretty damn fed up with Musk, and even more so with with the cult of personality around him. The panic is "dumb", sure, but panic is people reactin

by pdpi 7y ago

I'm getting pretty damn fed up with Musk, and even more so with with the cult of personality around him. The panic is "dumb", sure, but panic is people reacting emotionally. Of course it's dumb. It's also understandable. Posting about how dumb it is is not constructive, it's just chest thumping about how intellectually superior you are. Also, I'm not taking medical advice from Musk, and you shouldn't either. He's not an epidemiologist, an infectious diseases expert, or any sort of medical doctor for that matter. He's just a techie who got lucky and has the loudest megaphone in the world.

SamReidHughes 7y ago
There isn’t even any panic. When’s the last time people panicked?
- quickthrower2 7y ago
  Global share markets are going down the toilet, and there is no toilet paper to flush them down with!
  - SamReidHughes 7y ago
    That's not panic, that's investors making a calculation. The Italian prison riots might be... more panicky: https://www.thedailybeast.com/six-inmates-dead-scores-escape-as-prisoners-riot-across-italy-after-visitor-restrictions-over-coronavirus https://www.thedailybeast.com/six-inmates-dead-scores-escape...
  - bjourne 7y ago
    Maybe because global stock markets are dumb? :)
- cafard 7y ago
  Bought any N-95 masks lately?
- zimpenfish 7y ago
  Having just been to the supermarket[1] across the road and seen stripped-bare aisles for pasta, rice, etc., yeah, there's some kind of panic. [1] UK
  - SamReidHughes 7y ago
    That's preparedness. Buyers won't have to go out and get food when the pandemic hits its peak.
  - chippy 7y ago
    That is "panic buying" but its done not by panicking people. If you camp out in the supermarket you may notice that people appear as they always do, even if they are buying stuff because other people are buying stuff.
muzani 7y ago
Honestly, I think the reason he does this is because it raises awareness of him, which in turn raises stock prices, application rates, media coverage, and funding for his projects. If people want him to stop saying dumb things, they should just ignore him. Same for other Twitter-friendly people like Trump and McAfee.
- hef19898 7y ago
  Very true, if you ask me. He is not alone, so. the sheer amount of Corona-related clickbait,from everyone from Musk to guys at the MIT (they are close to spaming my LinkedIn feed with "CORVID-19 will kill Supply Chain, join our webinar to learn how t save yours!"-lie content). I became gulty as well with a blog post covering steps to make supply chain recovery as easy as possible. Won't do it again. But never ever would I interpret numbers or comment on the epidemic itself.
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easytiger 7y ago
Counteracting hystrionics is not without value IMHO
- pdpi 7y ago
  Absolutely. But saying “the coronavirus panic is dumb” does no such thing. If you want to combat the panic you need to reach out to the people who are panicking and convince them to calm down. Dunno about you, but I’ve never met a person who becomes calmer by being told they’re dumb. The audience for this tweet isn’t the people who are panicking, it’s the people who are not. Its only effect is striking the egos of people who feel they are too smart to panic about this.
  - easytiger 7y ago
    He's not calling people dumb, but the natural cycles of media boosted self reinforcing hystrionics

by pdpi 7y ago

SamReidHughes 7y ago

There isn’t even any panic. When’s the last time people panicked?

quickthrower2 7y ago
Global share markets are going down the toilet, and there is no toilet paper to flush them down with!
- SamReidHughes 7y ago
  That's not panic, that's investors making a calculation. The Italian prison riots might be... more panicky: https://www.thedailybeast.com/six-inmates-dead-scores-escape-as-prisoners-riot-across-italy-after-visitor-restrictions-over-coronavirus https://www.thedailybeast.com/six-inmates-dead-scores-escape...
- bjourne 7y ago
  Maybe because global stock markets are dumb? :)
cafard 7y ago
Bought any N-95 masks lately?
zimpenfish 7y ago
Having just been to the supermarket[1] across the road and seen stripped-bare aisles for pasta, rice, etc., yeah, there's some kind of panic. [1] UK
- SamReidHughes 7y ago
  That's preparedness. Buyers won't have to go out and get food when the pandemic hits its peak.
- chippy 7y ago
  That is "panic buying" but its done not by panicking people. If you camp out in the supermarket you may notice that people appear as they always do, even if they are buying stuff because other people are buying stuff.

muzani 7y ago

Honestly, I think the reason he does this is because it raises awareness of him, which in turn raises stock prices, application rates, media coverage, and funding for his projects. If people want him to stop saying dumb things, they should just ignore him. Same for other Twitter-friendly people like Trump and McAfee.

hef19898 7y ago
Very true, if you ask me. He is not alone, so. the sheer amount of Corona-related clickbait,from everyone from Musk to guys at the MIT (they are close to spaming my LinkedIn feed with "CORVID-19 will kill Supply Chain, join our webinar to learn how t save yours!"-lie content). I became gulty as well with a blog post covering steps to make supply chain recovery as easy as possible. Won't do it again. But never ever would I interpret numbers or comment on the epidemic itself.

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easytiger 7y ago

Counteracting hystrionics is not without value IMHO

pdpi 7y ago
Absolutely. But saying “the coronavirus panic is dumb” does no such thing. If you want to combat the panic you need to reach out to the people who are panicking and convince them to calm down. Dunno about you, but I’ve never met a person who becomes calmer by being told they’re dumb. The audience for this tweet isn’t the people who are panicking, it’s the people who are not. Its only effect is striking the egos of people who feel they are too smart to panic about this.
- easytiger 7y ago
  He's not calling people dumb, but the natural cycles of media boosted self reinforcing hystrionics