> It's weird, Musk was the golden child on HN about 2 years ago when he was electrifying cars, now a pariah because of his wealth. I wouldn't say he's a "pari

> It's weird, Musk was the golden child on HN about 2 years ago when he was electrifying cars, now a pariah because of his wealth. I wouldn't say he's a "pariah because of his wealth." If anything, he's probably a pariah for consistently, wildly over-promising (overshooting "optimist" to land in "liar" territory) and being a jerk (e.g. defaming that the cave diver, among other things). Then add to that obnoxious fanboys who've made him a weird tech Jesus, and who defend him and bring up his brain farts at every opportunity. I, at least, wouldn't mind never hearing about him again. Lets hear about the cool people who actually did the cool stuff (and just happen to work for companies he's invested in) instead.