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You severely underestimate his impact on the success of both Tesla and SpaceX, it extends beyond just a 'getting funding and charming people' perspective. Ask B

You severely underestimate his impact on the success of both Tesla and SpaceX, it extends beyond just a 'getting funding and charming people' perspective. Ask Bezos about combustion instabilities in turbopumps and he isn't going to give you a 20 minute lecture on the pros and cons of gas bearings and alloy design. Toyota, the world's largest auto manufacturer, is still avoiding making an electric vehicle. Musk is eccentric, and doesn't have all of his communication go through a PR team. Show me anybody else at a similar publicity level who isn't behind 3 layers of PR firewalls. Of course there will be scandals. You just don't see all the detestable opinions the other rich and famous people have. In addition, he has a lot of powerful enemies. Big Oil, ULA etc have been hit hard by the work he's done to bring new tech to public consciousness. Who Killed The Electric Car etc. I'm surprised there haven't been many more of the unfalsifiable type of scandals or even court cases tying up his time. 3 years ago, everybody loved him. He was saving the planet with Tesla and bringing back American access to the ISS with SpaceX. Suddenly people care more about him not being married to the celebrity he is having children with, or that he isn't happy with a corporate deal, like somehow we're all major Twitter shareholders. It's ridiculous, and I'm pointing out how the media is shaping people's opinions on frankly irrelevant details in the greater scheme of things. I'm not a lawyer, and I haven't read the contract Musk made with Twitter. Unless you're somehow different on both of those counts, it may behoove you to consider where your strong opinions on this matter come from, and whether they are really yours.

maxbond 4y ago
So Musk's enemies are Ars Technia. Then it wasn't about enemies. And now Musk's enemies are so plentiful and powerful, that I'm not even allowed an opinion, I'm just a dupe. Musk's reputation was killed by Musk, and it was because he showed the world who he was. I realized his words were nonsense and formed an opinion based on his actions. You should consider doing the same. As a final note, I think you should consider it a red flag in your own thinking when you can't even conceive that someone would disagree with you on this topic, and you need to invoke a conspiracy to explain my having a differing opinion. Regardless of how you feel about Musk, even if you're correct, that should jump out to you as a problem which deserves reflection.
- snovv_crash 4y ago
  Yes, the world has nuance. There aren't good guys and bad guys, everyone is mostly in it for themselves. It's all a big, ever-changing war for resources, all the way up from bacteria to us who think we're somehow above it all. Everyone is allowed their opinion, and nobody has to agree with it. It isn't a conspiracy that rich people control the media - this was a big part of people's initial objection to his purchase of Twitter, wasn't it? Why would it be in any way controversial that other rich people don't like him and are trying to undercut him? Isn't this even what you're doing, on a small scale? I absolutely understand people don't like him - I don't particularly like him easier, but I am impressed by the things he's managed to achieve. I don't need to like him as a person to recognize that he's done impressive things. And I don't think either of us are qualified to be making pre-judgements on whether the Twitter contract is Musk's Spruce Goose or not.

maxbond 4y ago

So Musk's enemies are Ars Technia. Then it wasn't about enemies. And now Musk's enemies are so plentiful and powerful, that I'm not even allowed an opinion, I'm just a dupe. Musk's reputation was killed by Musk, and it was because he showed the world who he was. I realized his words were nonsense and formed an opinion based on his actions. You should consider doing the same. As a final note, I think you should consider it a red flag in your own thinking when you can't even conceive that someone would disagree with you on this topic, and you need to invoke a conspiracy to explain my having a differing opinion. Regardless of how you feel about Musk, even if you're correct, that should jump out to you as a problem which deserves reflection.

snovv_crash 4y ago
Yes, the world has nuance. There aren't good guys and bad guys, everyone is mostly in it for themselves. It's all a big, ever-changing war for resources, all the way up from bacteria to us who think we're somehow above it all. Everyone is allowed their opinion, and nobody has to agree with it. It isn't a conspiracy that rich people control the media - this was a big part of people's initial objection to his purchase of Twitter, wasn't it? Why would it be in any way controversial that other rich people don't like him and are trying to undercut him? Isn't this even what you're doing, on a small scale? I absolutely understand people don't like him - I don't particularly like him easier, but I am impressed by the things he's managed to achieve. I don't need to like him as a person to recognize that he's done impressive things. And I don't think either of us are qualified to be making pre-judgements on whether the Twitter contract is Musk's Spruce Goose or not.