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There’s nothing in her linked in that would lead me to believe she has any idea of what she’s talking about. She was an engineer until a year ago.

chrisco255 7y ago
And Elon Musk was a software engineer before he started rocket ship and electric car companies. Intelligent people are fully capable of making jumps between disciplines and excelling in several of them. Sorry, but looking at someone's credentials rather than looking at their reasoning skills alone will lead you astray. You've got to reason. You've got to engage your critical thinking skills. No one is saying Lyn is the oracle of our times. She's got very good analysis, but there are many others and a lot of them are on Twitter. I recommend to engage with that crowd. I've seen Lyn debate with them on Twitter, and it's always an interesting conversation. Other thinkers in this space I'd recommend: Raoul Pal: https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI Danielle DiMartino Booth: https://twitter.com/DiMartinoBooth https://twitter.com/DiMartinoBooth Luke Gromen: https://twitter.com/LukeGromen https://twitter.com/LukeGromen Brent Johnson: https://twitter.com/SantiagoAuFund https://twitter.com/SantiagoAuFund Ray Dalio: https://twitter.com/RayDalio https://twitter.com/RayDalio ...etc. Search around. Educate yourself!
- gumby 7y ago
  Of course he invested in, rather than founding, those companies.
  - chrisco255 7y ago
    He runs both of those companies. He's not a passive investor. He's CEO. He's highly involved at every level of both of them.
    - gumby 7y ago
      That seems true, at least for the car company, but the specific statement was that he had founded them.
      - chrisco255 7y ago
        You're bikeshedding now. Could Elon Musk hold his own in a conversation with any aerospace engineer? Absolutely. Could he hold his own in a conversation with a process engineer? Absolutely. The guy is super smart, reads voraciously, and has self taught himself many different disciplines. Its not a superpower by the way, you can too. We live in the information age. Study any subject well enough and you can hold your own, too.
- xxpor 7y ago
  Elon isn't personally engineering the cars and rockets himself. He's running a business, which he does have experience in.
  - chrisco255 7y ago
    Running PayPal vs Space X vs Tesla requires a ton of different skills and competencies. Tesla is a huge engineering effort and assembly line engineering effort. They've pioneered a number of innovative technologies and approaches. Likewise, Space X has pioneered incredible technology and you can't simply be a passive CEO to achieve those things. It's not like running a laundromat. Musk is a central figure in both of those companies. If you watch his interviews, he has a deep understanding of every level of engineering in both of those companies.
    - xxpor 7y ago
      And yet every time they/he gets in trouble is when he veers out of his lane into micromanaging things he has no business in. If his deep knowledge of engineering is critical to their success, that's actually a massive failure of leadership. It's not how you build sustainable things that outlast yourself.
      - chrisco255 7y ago
        No, it's not a massive failure. There are many different styles of leadership. There is not one single formula that works for all companies and all circumstances. To look at a historical example, Thomas Edison was a profound engineer and a very capable inventor as well as CEO. Obviously, there's a difference between Musk and say, Richard Branson. There's a difference between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. They found success with different models of leadership.
chrischen 7y ago
The guy from The Big Short was an MD.

chrisco255 7y ago

And Elon Musk was a software engineer before he started rocket ship and electric car companies. Intelligent people are fully capable of making jumps between disciplines and excelling in several of them. Sorry, but looking at someone's credentials rather than looking at their reasoning skills alone will lead you astray. You've got to reason. You've got to engage your critical thinking skills. No one is saying Lyn is the oracle of our times. She's got very good analysis, but there are many others and a lot of them are on Twitter. I recommend to engage with that crowd. I've seen Lyn debate with them on Twitter, and it's always an interesting conversation. Other thinkers in this space I'd recommend: Raoul Pal: https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI Danielle DiMartino Booth: https://twitter.com/DiMartinoBooth https://twitter.com/DiMartinoBooth Luke Gromen: https://twitter.com/LukeGromen https://twitter.com/LukeGromen Brent Johnson: https://twitter.com/SantiagoAuFund https://twitter.com/SantiagoAuFund Ray Dalio: https://twitter.com/RayDalio https://twitter.com/RayDalio ...etc. Search around. Educate yourself!

gumby 7y ago
Of course he invested in, rather than founding, those companies.
- chrisco255 7y ago
  He runs both of those companies. He's not a passive investor. He's CEO. He's highly involved at every level of both of them.
  - gumby 7y ago
    That seems true, at least for the car company, but the specific statement was that he had founded them.
    - chrisco255 7y ago
      You're bikeshedding now. Could Elon Musk hold his own in a conversation with any aerospace engineer? Absolutely. Could he hold his own in a conversation with a process engineer? Absolutely. The guy is super smart, reads voraciously, and has self taught himself many different disciplines. Its not a superpower by the way, you can too. We live in the information age. Study any subject well enough and you can hold your own, too.
xxpor 7y ago
Elon isn't personally engineering the cars and rockets himself. He's running a business, which he does have experience in.
- chrisco255 7y ago
  Running PayPal vs Space X vs Tesla requires a ton of different skills and competencies. Tesla is a huge engineering effort and assembly line engineering effort. They've pioneered a number of innovative technologies and approaches. Likewise, Space X has pioneered incredible technology and you can't simply be a passive CEO to achieve those things. It's not like running a laundromat. Musk is a central figure in both of those companies. If you watch his interviews, he has a deep understanding of every level of engineering in both of those companies.
  - xxpor 7y ago
    And yet every time they/he gets in trouble is when he veers out of his lane into micromanaging things he has no business in. If his deep knowledge of engineering is critical to their success, that's actually a massive failure of leadership. It's not how you build sustainable things that outlast yourself.
    - chrisco255 7y ago
      No, it's not a massive failure. There are many different styles of leadership. There is not one single formula that works for all companies and all circumstances. To look at a historical example, Thomas Edison was a profound engineer and a very capable inventor as well as CEO. Obviously, there's a difference between Musk and say, Richard Branson. There's a difference between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. They found success with different models of leadership.

chrischen 7y ago

The guy from The Big Short was an MD.