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I think this is already pretty clear from his work. Nobody builds Tesla or SpaceX to get famous or rich - there are much easier ways. He is truly a nerd's ner

I think this is already pretty clear from his work. Nobody builds Tesla or SpaceX to get famous or rich - there are much easier ways. He is truly a nerd's nerd.

xadhominemx 5y ago
I think it’s pretty clear Elon Musk works hard to cultivate his fame
- foobarian 5y ago
  If we get SpaceX and Tesla out of it, then so be it.
  - aa-jv 5y ago
    15 years from now, humans are turning off their industry on Earth, and moving it all to space. 16 Psyche HQ is established, and humans are engaged in a pact of cooperation and union, against all elements, against all odds, to end all wealth. Starships drop from the sky with supplies. The whole planet is growing, there are no more reasons for the borders. We have instead, the infinite sky. We could get way, way more from it than SpaceX and Tesla.
    - boringg 5y ago
      Dude your timeline is so incredibly off which seriously invalidates your comment - not to mention your fundamental understanding of the human condition. Not even Elon has put anything out there and his timelines are more aggressive than reality (see almost all his product roll-outs).
      - aa-jv 5y ago
        Oh come on, I was literally called a koolaid drinker by bootlicking warmongers. Dreamy fantasies are the only reasonable response in such circumstances. My understanding of the human condition, led me to exactly this moment, 'mmkay?
  - xadhominemx 5y ago
    I’m not criticizing him for that, just pointing out your comment saying otherwise is clearly incorrect
itsoktocry 5y ago
>Nobody builds Tesla or SpaceX to get famous or rich How can you look at his compensation package at Tesla that he negotiated and claim it was not to "get rich"? It's not like he did it for free.
- vimy 5y ago
  The odds of succeeding with Tesla or SpaceX were extremely low. That’s not the kind of company you build if you want to become rich. There are much safer options.
  - minusf 5y ago
    > There are much safer options. and he did that with paypal. not everybody wants to stay with safe and boring stuff. everybody knows that sooner or later the combustion engine goes the way of the dodo, cause there won't be anything to put inside it... the odds of succeeding with an EV company are not extremely low but exactly the opposite, it's the future, guaranteed. but of course it's not an overnight project and one needs to do better than introducing models 5 years ago that are still not being manufactured (roadster).
    - vimy 5y ago
      It's the future now but not when Tesla was founded.

I think this is already pretty clear from his work. Nobody builds Tesla or SpaceX to get famous or rich - there are much easier ways. He is truly a nerd's nerd.

xadhominemx 5y ago

I think it’s pretty clear Elon Musk works hard to cultivate his fame

foobarian 5y ago
If we get SpaceX and Tesla out of it, then so be it.
- aa-jv 5y ago
  15 years from now, humans are turning off their industry on Earth, and moving it all to space. 16 Psyche HQ is established, and humans are engaged in a pact of cooperation and union, against all elements, against all odds, to end all wealth. Starships drop from the sky with supplies. The whole planet is growing, there are no more reasons for the borders. We have instead, the infinite sky. We could get way, way more from it than SpaceX and Tesla.
  - boringg 5y ago
    Dude your timeline is so incredibly off which seriously invalidates your comment - not to mention your fundamental understanding of the human condition. Not even Elon has put anything out there and his timelines are more aggressive than reality (see almost all his product roll-outs).
    - aa-jv 5y ago
      Oh come on, I was literally called a koolaid drinker by bootlicking warmongers. Dreamy fantasies are the only reasonable response in such circumstances. My understanding of the human condition, led me to exactly this moment, 'mmkay?
- xadhominemx 5y ago
  I’m not criticizing him for that, just pointing out your comment saying otherwise is clearly incorrect

itsoktocry 5y ago

>Nobody builds Tesla or SpaceX to get famous or rich How can you look at his compensation package at Tesla that he negotiated and claim it was not to "get rich"? It's not like he did it for free.

vimy 5y ago
The odds of succeeding with Tesla or SpaceX were extremely low. That’s not the kind of company you build if you want to become rich. There are much safer options.
- minusf 5y ago
  > There are much safer options. and he did that with paypal. not everybody wants to stay with safe and boring stuff. everybody knows that sooner or later the combustion engine goes the way of the dodo, cause there won't be anything to put inside it... the odds of succeeding with an EV company are not extremely low but exactly the opposite, it's the future, guaranteed. but of course it's not an overnight project and one needs to do better than introducing models 5 years ago that are still not being manufactured (roadster).
  - vimy 5y ago
    It's the future now but not when Tesla was founded.