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> I can't decide if Elon Musk and Tesla believe the claims he's been saying, or knows that he can't deliver soon He needs the money to try and as such needs to

> I can't decide if Elon Musk and Tesla believe the claims he's been saying, or knows that he can't deliver soon He needs the money to try and as such needs to present it as something that will happen soon to get that money. I don't think there's any other way to go about it. Who would spend on "we don't know if and don't know when"? I think there's a lot more trial and error in human tech advancement then we want to admit. Especially for developments that take more than a few years. Failure is always an option, recent popular optimism "anything is possible" is wishful thinking. To answer if it is possible you can only try and see. And to really try you need to believe.

ObserverNeutral 6y ago
Sure, but at the same time it's important to stress that while the judge is still out on Tesla , the wealth of mr. Musk is pretty real, and I mean both the mega salary which has parameters optimized for Musk to achieve as well as the paper wealth which despite its name for sure won't go to 0 like Theranos. But let's focus on the salary package, it is a optimized for growth not for success, those are 2 very different things. I am kinda conflicted about this, but when I am calm and analyze the situation from a neutral standpoint I always come up to the conclusion that it takes 2 parties to come up with an agreement . Musk managed to sell his way during the negotiation and arrive to that advantageous salary compensation which is basically crafted for him to achieve by basically keep doing what he's doing (growth and nonstop promotion), can't say anything other than "well played mr. Musk", good for him, he managed to get what he wanted out of the negotiation.