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You're talking about whether the most visible champion of Dogecoin, whose formal title at his company is Techking, and who added a fart-on-demand feature to his

by natch 6y ago

You're talking about whether the most visible champion of Dogecoin, whose formal title at his company is Techking, and who added a fart-on-demand feature to his products, and saying that one of his tweets regarding a currently non-existent party, a Tesla union organization, is unprofessional. Labels like "unprofessional" are repugnant to some people, because they have been, and continue to be, used to justify arbitrary application of personal taste and frankly BS in the workplace, for example to bully people into wearing neckties. I doubt this is a good standard to go for when trying to engage Elon. I do understand however that it's your opinion — no argument that you are free to it, and I even think it's productive to air it… in part because it gives people like me a chance to offer a counter perspective.

Balgair 6y ago
> You're talking about whether the most visible champion of Dogecoin, whose formal title at his company is Techking, and who added a fart-on-demand feature to his products, and saying that one of his tweets regarding a currently non-existent party, a Tesla union organization, is unprofessional. You bring up a good point here and I think it applies to all of his ventures: Why trust anything the guy does? However, when it comes to safety, the public must have trust. Very solid trust. Because 2+ tons of car at 70mph that claims to steer itself cannot be untrusted.
- natch 6y ago
  It's wise not to trust fast moving heavy objects, yes. There's something to be said for a hybrid of human and machine attention though. From real world personal experience, there are some safety advantages.
heavyset_go 6y ago
> I doubt this is a good standard to go for when trying to engage Elon I agree, it's a much better to cut through the BS and go straight for the time that Musk and Tesla tried to have a former employee murdered by the police by accusing them of being a mass shooter[1] all because Musk thought the employee was a whistleblower for public safety. I think that incident illustrates Musk's attitude towards Tesla employees well. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-13/when-elon-musk-tried-to-destroy-tesla-whistleblower-martin-tripp https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-13/when-elon...
- NeutronStar 6y ago
  That employee who was forced to pay Tesla 400k in damages by the courts?

by natch 6y ago

Balgair 6y ago

> You're talking about whether the most visible champion of Dogecoin, whose formal title at his company is Techking, and who added a fart-on-demand feature to his products, and saying that one of his tweets regarding a currently non-existent party, a Tesla union organization, is unprofessional. You bring up a good point here and I think it applies to all of his ventures: Why trust anything the guy does? However, when it comes to safety, the public must have trust. Very solid trust. Because 2+ tons of car at 70mph that claims to steer itself cannot be untrusted.

natch 6y ago
It's wise not to trust fast moving heavy objects, yes. There's something to be said for a hybrid of human and machine attention though. From real world personal experience, there are some safety advantages.

heavyset_go 6y ago

> I doubt this is a good standard to go for when trying to engage Elon I agree, it's a much better to cut through the BS and go straight for the time that Musk and Tesla tried to have a former employee murdered by the police by accusing them of being a mass shooter[1] all because Musk thought the employee was a whistleblower for public safety. I think that incident illustrates Musk's attitude towards Tesla employees well. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-13/when-elon-musk-tried-to-destroy-tesla-whistleblower-martin-tripp https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-13/when-elon...

NeutronStar 6y ago
That employee who was forced to pay Tesla 400k in damages by the courts?