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Along the lines of what others have said elsewhere in this thread: No one reasonable is criticizing Musk for being a visionary CEO, someone who is interested i

Along the lines of what others have said elsewhere in this thread: No one reasonable is criticizing Musk for being a visionary CEO, someone who is interested in taking risks that overcome historically difficult challenges. They're criticizing him going completely off the handle; calling someone a pedophile on Twitter when they disagree with him, talking completely out of his ass about "taking the company private", or trying to play armchair epidemiologist when he _clearly_ has a vested interest in a potentially risky avenue of behavior. I'm very happy to see the things that SpaceX has achieved [0] and I'm also happy that Tesla has done such a good job popularizing EVs [1], but I'm blown the fuck away whenever I see people responding to _entirely justified_ criticisms of Elon's character by pointing out what he's accomplished and how lofty the rest of his goals are. Do we just not have standards for people in Musk's position? Do folks really think it's reasonable for someone to comport themselves the way he _routinely_ does? [0] Although let's be honest, the company treats its employees pretty damn badly. [1] Accurately representing the self-driving capabilities of their vehicles, on the other hand, leaves quite a bit to be desired.

wonderwonder 6y ago
I mean at least 45% of the country things its totally fine for the president of the united states to 'comport themselves the way he _routinely_ does' so I have to think that many people are willing to overlook how Musk acts. For the most part I am too (in regards to Musk), I don't expect perfection from business leaders. He is a flawed person as are we all. Unfortunately for him he chooses to amplify his flaws to a massive twitter following. I think the guy is a once in a life time visionary. With that said I would never want to work for him but I hope he succeeds.

wonderwonder 6y ago

I mean at least 45% of the country things its totally fine for the president of the united states to 'comport themselves the way he _routinely_ does' so I have to think that many people are willing to overlook how Musk acts. For the most part I am too (in regards to Musk), I don't expect perfection from business leaders. He is a flawed person as are we all. Unfortunately for him he chooses to amplify his flaws to a massive twitter following. I think the guy is a once in a life time visionary. With that said I would never want to work for him but I hope he succeeds.