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To poke the bear that is the federal government in such a loud and aggressive way is a good way to bring the full weight of the federal government down on such
by TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
To poke the bear that is the federal government in such a loud and aggressive way is a good way to bring the full weight of the federal government down on such a company. Air travel is vital to our modern economy. To weaken its perceived safety and security in the name of profit would not end well for them.
- electricviolet 6y agoAbsolutely, but you write like we don't have startup CEOs doing stupid immature things [1] frequently... [1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1026872652290379776 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1026872652290379776
- TheAdamAndChe 6y agoElon Musk's immaturity may affect the perceived legitimacy of his own company, but his actions don't affect the perceived legitimacy of an entire category of the economy like such a jetpack exploit would.
- WJW 6y agoIt seems extremely likely that the market cap of Tesla is larger than the market cap of all jetpack companies combined. In any case you assume that any such CEO is concerned with the fate of other companies in the same space, an assumption for which the proof is extremely lacking.
- ehvatum 6y agoCar in Mars orbit. worth ninety-seven billion. his tweets hurt my butt.