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I think he wasn't aware that he was overselling it. He suffers(?) unrealistic optimism. This is a double-edged sword: the drive and self-belief can spur progres
by jml7c5 5y ago
I think he wasn't aware that he was overselling it. He suffers(?) unrealistic optimism. This is a double-edged sword: the drive and self-belief can spur progress where prior consensus was that something truly feasible was unrealistic, but it can also be an almost Theranos-esque "we're almost here, it's really happening!" delusion.
- wpietri 5y ago"Unrealistic optimism" is a feeling one has. We all get it sometimes, including everybody else leading a major company. Making repeated public statements like this is at best a mix of enormous arrogance and negligence. At worst it's a billion-dollar fraud.
- jml7c5 5y agoTo be clear, I mean "unrealistic optimism" in a way that is pathological, such as seen in bipolar hypomania. Where it is so severe that the person's confidence and grandiosity is beginning to detach them from reality.
- justapassenger 5y agoHe’s been in tech business for decades, and has long history of both failed and successful projects - he knows how R&D projects work, and how rarely they deliver, and how never they’re there on time. He has board of directors to control him. He’s lying on purpose, because he knows he immune from any consequences. And he’s right - those lies propelled him to be one of the richest people in the world.