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i've said it before, there's much easier money to be made than better against Musk. When presenting a big idea he's pretty much been laughed out of every room h

i've said it before, there's much easier money to be made than better against Musk. When presenting a big idea he's pretty much been laughed out of every room he's ever walked into. Then, much to everyone's dismay, he does it. I'm withholding judgment for a few years...

AlexandrB 4y ago
I too enjoy commuting to work using my city's hyperloop while charging my self-driving cybertruck with my solar roof. An objective assessment of Musk's batting average requires considering the big ideas that flop, never materialize, or fall far short of what was promised. Once you do that, Twitter seems like it could go either way from here. That's not even considering how split his attention must be at this point.
sangnoir 4y ago
I don't think he has presented any big idea regarding Twitter. In case I missed it, I'd be happy to learn what his big idea for Twitter is. By all impressions, he was dragged kicking and screaming into finalizing the deal - that doesn't exactly inspire confidence that he has bold ideas he'd like to try.
- tristanz 4y ago
  https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-elon-musks-x-the-everything-app/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-elon-musks-x-the-every...
vehemenz 4y ago
To be fair, he hasn't delivered on most of his promises, and it's the trade-off for taking risks. On the other hand, with that amount of wealth, the average intelligent person probably feels that they could do better, and I'm not sure they'd be completely wrong.
- politician 4y ago
  Tesla is a battery company, not a car company. GM, Ford, Toyota, and all of the other automakers will be buying batteries from Tesla gigafactories, not the other way around. The bluster around FSD is a smoke screen. I believe that it's just R&D for vehicles operating off planet, like the robots. SpaceX delivers boost to orbit at a cost that beats every other major player. Clearly, he's done nothing. /rolls-eyes

AlexandrB 4y ago

I too enjoy commuting to work using my city's hyperloop while charging my self-driving cybertruck with my solar roof. An objective assessment of Musk's batting average requires considering the big ideas that flop, never materialize, or fall far short of what was promised. Once you do that, Twitter seems like it could go either way from here. That's not even considering how split his attention must be at this point.

sangnoir 4y ago

I don't think he has presented any big idea regarding Twitter. In case I missed it, I'd be happy to learn what his big idea for Twitter is. By all impressions, he was dragged kicking and screaming into finalizing the deal - that doesn't exactly inspire confidence that he has bold ideas he'd like to try.

tristanz 4y ago
https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-elon-musks-x-the-everything-app/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-elon-musks-x-the-every...

vehemenz 4y ago

To be fair, he hasn't delivered on most of his promises, and it's the trade-off for taking risks. On the other hand, with that amount of wealth, the average intelligent person probably feels that they could do better, and I'm not sure they'd be completely wrong.

politician 4y ago
Tesla is a battery company, not a car company. GM, Ford, Toyota, and all of the other automakers will be buying batteries from Tesla gigafactories, not the other way around. The bluster around FSD is a smoke screen. I believe that it's just R&D for vehicles operating off planet, like the robots. SpaceX delivers boost to orbit at a cost that beats every other major player. Clearly, he's done nothing. /rolls-eyes