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This is the real reason for Elon Musk's latest round of idiotic tweets, in case anyone was still confused. Tesla is an expensive company to run, their finances
by ohazi 6y ago
This is the real reason for Elon Musk's latest round of idiotic tweets, in case anyone was still confused.
Tesla is an expensive company to run, their finances are often at least a little bit precarious, and he has on the order of tens of billions of dollars riding on there not being a recession right now.
There's no hidden gem of contrarian insight, he's just being selfish.
- kumarvvr 6y agoSorry, you forgot hypocritical.
- rland 6y agoYou're almost certainly right. Although: I don't see the tweets as a sort of sociopathic "if I use my bullhorn to influence public behavior there is a .24% chance that this will increase my net worth therefore it's the optimal choice" way. More like, he really is under a tremendous amount of financial stress, and twitter sometimes tempts him by being a place that will listen, no matter what, good and bad. That's one of the few things I actually like about twitter. That by the sheer temptation of it, it worms its way past the PR teams and the polished sheen and gives the raw thoughts of people in positions of power.
- whyenot 6y agoHe seems to be having a meltdown on Twitter today. It's more than just financial. I think there is something really wrong with him.
- millzlane 6y agoThis is probably bugging him. https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/1/21244556/elon-musk-lie-epa-tesla-model-s-range-miles-mistake-door https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/1/21244556/elon-musk-lie-epa...
- downerending 6y agoImagining that you know how Elon's mind works seems like hubris. Not sure even God knows.