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I find it interesting that people equate/equated Elon Musk with Tony Stark. Years in the future, I think there’s a good chance people will look back and instea

by jklm 6y ago

I find it interesting that people equate/equated Elon Musk with Tony Stark. Years in the future, I think there’s a good chance people will look back and instead recognize him as an incredibly talented salesperson.

electriclove 6y ago
I find it interesting how polarizing he is to many people. Why is it hard to accept he has many flaws and strong suits?
- dagmx 6y ago
  People tend to not like to think of others in shades of grey, especially of celebrities. It's what leads to cult of personality or deep hatred.
- api 6y ago
  Years ago when he acquired a cult of personality and could do no wrong, I knew it was going to swing the other way. I never subscribed to either view. He's a brilliant engineer and a talented businessman with some apparently significant personality flaws or emotional regulation issues. In other words he's human.
  - xkjkls 6y ago
    The problem with alot of people isn't the emotional regulation; it's the way he runs his businesses. He embraces a fake-it-till-you make it mindset to a huge degree. He's done so many things that are either fraud, near-fraud, or completely dishonest that it makes it impossible to support someone like that in his position.
- clouddrover 6y ago
  It isn't very interesting. Elon is an attention seeking narcissist. He looks for it. When he runs around Twitter calling people paedophiles he's going to have opinions formed about him. What other outcome would you expect? Elon's latest pronouncement is that Americans are complacent and entitled, especially Californians and New Yorkers. It's not exactly a roadmap to having people think highly of him.
aeternum 6y ago
As an engineer, I see him as an incredibly talented engineer that is also quite good at sales and marketing, but mostly because he talks about stuff like an engineer. Would most companies even hire him for a salesperson role? Probably not if they've watched his presentations.
- nujabe 6y ago
  I'm not sure we've seen any evidence of Musk's 'incredible' engineering skills.
  - loceng 6y ago
    Musk says he's doing engineering 80% of the time. If you watch him discuss the products he knows what he's talking about, he's intimately involved - he's not just the standard talking head CEO role.
    - xkjkls 6y ago
      Does he? He seems closer to a Steve Jobs type marketer than a Bill Gates type engineer.
      - loceng 6y ago
        Why not both? Also, good design and technology markets itself - especially when it's needed.
  - sunstone 6y ago
    Did you see two rockets return to earth and land side-by-side?
    - nujabe 6y ago
      Do you really think Musk had anything to do with engineering design of those rockets? You really think he contributed to the rocket stabilization system or something?
sunstone 6y ago
It's possible that 'years in the future' Elon Musk will have a public profile similar to Howard Hughes today.
- loceng 6y ago
  Arguably he's already comparable, no? I mean he hasn't made a film yet, he also didn't inherit and spend his family's fortune - although yes, he had access to enough resources to build on his own efforts, successes.

by jklm 6y ago

electriclove 6y ago

I find it interesting how polarizing he is to many people. Why is it hard to accept he has many flaws and strong suits?

dagmx 6y ago
People tend to not like to think of others in shades of grey, especially of celebrities. It's what leads to cult of personality or deep hatred.
api 6y ago
Years ago when he acquired a cult of personality and could do no wrong, I knew it was going to swing the other way. I never subscribed to either view. He's a brilliant engineer and a talented businessman with some apparently significant personality flaws or emotional regulation issues. In other words he's human.
- xkjkls 6y ago
  The problem with alot of people isn't the emotional regulation; it's the way he runs his businesses. He embraces a fake-it-till-you make it mindset to a huge degree. He's done so many things that are either fraud, near-fraud, or completely dishonest that it makes it impossible to support someone like that in his position.
clouddrover 6y ago
It isn't very interesting. Elon is an attention seeking narcissist. He looks for it. When he runs around Twitter calling people paedophiles he's going to have opinions formed about him. What other outcome would you expect? Elon's latest pronouncement is that Americans are complacent and entitled, especially Californians and New Yorkers. It's not exactly a roadmap to having people think highly of him.

aeternum 6y ago

As an engineer, I see him as an incredibly talented engineer that is also quite good at sales and marketing, but mostly because he talks about stuff like an engineer. Would most companies even hire him for a salesperson role? Probably not if they've watched his presentations.

nujabe 6y ago
I'm not sure we've seen any evidence of Musk's 'incredible' engineering skills.
- loceng 6y ago
  Musk says he's doing engineering 80% of the time. If you watch him discuss the products he knows what he's talking about, he's intimately involved - he's not just the standard talking head CEO role.
  - xkjkls 6y ago
    Does he? He seems closer to a Steve Jobs type marketer than a Bill Gates type engineer.
    - loceng 6y ago
      Why not both? Also, good design and technology markets itself - especially when it's needed.
- sunstone 6y ago
  Did you see two rockets return to earth and land side-by-side?
  - nujabe 6y ago
    Do you really think Musk had anything to do with engineering design of those rockets? You really think he contributed to the rocket stabilization system or something?

sunstone 6y ago

It's possible that 'years in the future' Elon Musk will have a public profile similar to Howard Hughes today.

loceng 6y ago
Arguably he's already comparable, no? I mean he hasn't made a film yet, he also didn't inherit and spend his family's fortune - although yes, he had access to enough resources to build on his own efforts, successes.