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Vomit. Was Tom Swift an self-centered emerald scion who got lucky with money and poured it into his pet projects? News to me. Seriously, Musk came into a ton o

Vomit. Was Tom Swift an self-centered emerald scion who got lucky with money and poured it into his pet projects? News to me. Seriously, Musk came into a ton of money in the dot-com era, knew how to maintain that money because of his background, seems to be a capable hands-on project manager and natural self-marketing. You surely know people smarter than him who didn't acquire the mass amounts of money required to do what he does; I certainly do.

andreilys 5y ago
Whatever your opinion on Musk is, he is at least an inspirational figure that helps inspire the next generation of kids. No 10-year olds are talking about how to become a savvy financial engineer like Jack Welch at GE, but they are talking about rockets and electric cars thanks to Musk.
- wolverine876 5y ago
  I sure hope he is not inspiring them!
WalterBright 5y ago
> Vomit. LOL. C'mon, Musk builds rockets, electric cars, robot trucks, and tunnel boring machines. How much more Tom Swift can one get? Ok, Ok, I admit he hasn't yet built a Jetmarine or an Atomic Earth Blaster. > You surely know people smarter than him who didn't acquire the mass amounts of money I've never met Musk, so cannot attest personally to his smarts. But I've met plenty of very smart people. But smarts alone simply isn't good enough to do what Musk does. You'll also need: 1. excitement 2. interest 3. drive 4. willingness to try impossible things 5. perseverance in the face of enormous obstacles 6. a thick skin for being laughed at 7. a willingness to continue in spite of withering criticism and vomit
- derbOac 5y ago
  8. Lots of money.
  - WalterBright 5y ago
    Lots of people have lots of money. None of them are doing what Musk is. Besides, although Musk was born into wealth, there's no evidence on his wikipedia page that he had access to it: "working odd jobs at a farm and lumber-mill" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk "Musk says that before the company became successful, he could not afford an apartment and instead rented an office and slept on the couch and showered at the YMCA, and shared one computer with his brother." He made his initial money on an internet startup. Nothing wrong with that.
    - wolverine876 5y ago
      Wikipedia quotes Elon Musk saying something, and we take it at face value? Let's apply some collegiate (or otherwise) critical thinking about our sources.
Chris2048 5y ago
> emerald scion Got any evidence of this beyond what his estranged father said?

andreilys 5y ago

Whatever your opinion on Musk is, he is at least an inspirational figure that helps inspire the next generation of kids. No 10-year olds are talking about how to become a savvy financial engineer like Jack Welch at GE, but they are talking about rockets and electric cars thanks to Musk.

wolverine876 5y ago
I sure hope he is not inspiring them!

WalterBright 5y ago

> Vomit. LOL. C'mon, Musk builds rockets, electric cars, robot trucks, and tunnel boring machines. How much more Tom Swift can one get? Ok, Ok, I admit he hasn't yet built a Jetmarine or an Atomic Earth Blaster. > You surely know people smarter than him who didn't acquire the mass amounts of money I've never met Musk, so cannot attest personally to his smarts. But I've met plenty of very smart people. But smarts alone simply isn't good enough to do what Musk does. You'll also need: 1. excitement 2. interest 3. drive 4. willingness to try impossible things 5. perseverance in the face of enormous obstacles 6. a thick skin for being laughed at 7. a willingness to continue in spite of withering criticism and vomit

derbOac 5y ago
8. Lots of money.
- WalterBright 5y ago
  Lots of people have lots of money. None of them are doing what Musk is. Besides, although Musk was born into wealth, there's no evidence on his wikipedia page that he had access to it: "working odd jobs at a farm and lumber-mill" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk "Musk says that before the company became successful, he could not afford an apartment and instead rented an office and slept on the couch and showered at the YMCA, and shared one computer with his brother." He made his initial money on an internet startup. Nothing wrong with that.
  - wolverine876 5y ago
    Wikipedia quotes Elon Musk saying something, and we take it at face value? Let's apply some collegiate (or otherwise) critical thinking about our sources.

Chris2048 5y ago

> emerald scion Got any evidence of this beyond what his estranged father said?