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He tends to share his ideas publicly before they are "verified with reality", which leads to a lot of them being late, over-promised under-delivered, etc. But

by flixic 5y ago

He tends to share his ideas publicly before they are "verified with reality", which leads to a lot of them being late, over-promised under-delivered, etc. But if you take his statements as "thinking aloud", I much prefer this mode of operation. On the other end of the spectrum is Apple, with zero "thinking aloud" or sharing _anything_ until it's ready to ship. It's ok... but much less fun.

simiones 5y ago
These are not random ideas that he throws around, these are all examples of products he has held massive press conferences for, announcing them with fanfare, and referencing them again and again in public speeches. He really does seem to believe in some of them, even some that they are quite obviously impossible - casting serious doubts on his intelligence or understanding of science (which is not surprising, given he only has an undergraduate degree in Physics as science credentials).
RivieraKid 5y ago
This is a very naive take. There are several examples of him being intentionally dishonest, e.g. the funding secured thing. He's a sociopathic narcissist.
ckastner 5y ago
"One million robotaxis in 15 months" is not thinking aloud, it's a very concrete prognosis.
- flixic 5y ago
  What I mean to say is that you should take what he's saying as "talking aloud" and not as any concrete prognosis, even if he makes it sound that way. Then it's fun.
nullifidian 5y ago
>It's ok... >thinking aloud He's a CEO and is legally bound to not lie or mislead the investors though. For example Skreli is in part serving a federal sentence for lying to the investors who didn't lose any money.
- hellbannedguy 5y ago
  Skrelli raising the price of that medication was legal. (I know you know that.) We still have no laws preventing another greedy person doing the same. They went after him for PR purposes. Personally, I wish they left him alone, and instead changed drug law that will prevent these huge price hikes in the future. In a weird way, lonely Hoody Boy exposed a huge flaw in the system, and we should be thanking him?

by flixic 5y ago

simiones 5y ago

These are not random ideas that he throws around, these are all examples of products he has held massive press conferences for, announcing them with fanfare, and referencing them again and again in public speeches. He really does seem to believe in some of them, even some that they are quite obviously impossible - casting serious doubts on his intelligence or understanding of science (which is not surprising, given he only has an undergraduate degree in Physics as science credentials).

RivieraKid 5y ago

This is a very naive take. There are several examples of him being intentionally dishonest, e.g. the funding secured thing. He's a sociopathic narcissist.

ckastner 5y ago

"One million robotaxis in 15 months" is not thinking aloud, it's a very concrete prognosis.

flixic 5y ago
What I mean to say is that you should take what he's saying as "talking aloud" and not as any concrete prognosis, even if he makes it sound that way. Then it's fun.

nullifidian 5y ago

>It's ok... >thinking aloud He's a CEO and is legally bound to not lie or mislead the investors though. For example Skreli is in part serving a federal sentence for lying to the investors who didn't lose any money.

hellbannedguy 5y ago
Skrelli raising the price of that medication was legal. (I know you know that.) We still have no laws preventing another greedy person doing the same. They went after him for PR purposes. Personally, I wish they left him alone, and instead changed drug law that will prevent these huge price hikes in the future. In a weird way, lonely Hoody Boy exposed a huge flaw in the system, and we should be thanking him?