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> "Hey, we're experts, we understand this problem, you aren't even solving the right problem" and so far, they seem basically correct. The boring company could
by elurg 5y ago
> "Hey, we're experts, we understand this problem, you aren't even solving the right problem" and so far, they seem basically correct. The boring company could completely succeed at its goal, and it wouldn't matter.
A lot of experts in cars and rockets claimed that Tesla and SpaceX are terrible ideas and they were proved wrong many times. Incumbents are too often dismissive of new ideas.
Many of the arguments against the boring company are "social arguments" from people who are ideologically committed to bikes and public transport. They have very little to do with whether it is possible to build cheaper tunnels.
- jedrek 5y ago> A lot of experts in cars and rockets claimed that Tesla and SpaceX are terrible ideas and they were proved wrong many times. Can we see some references to these experts?
- onethought 5y agoLook up anything Toyoda says about electric cars.
- Traster 5y agoI think you're missing the point - which was to engage on the actual criticism and not just hand wave about "Oh lots of people said stuff". Sure, in any given case you can find someone making a bad argument on the internet, it doesn't mean there aren't good arguments, and in many cases if you listen to the good arguments, you realise what Musk is taking years to realise.