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If nothing else house trolling on social media helps to hype up a dedicated fanbase which drives up the multiple on the stock value and allows to hire people to

If nothing else house trolling on social media helps to hype up a dedicated fanbase which drives up the multiple on the stock value and allows to hire people to work on moonshot projects. Several of those projects of his would have never gotten funded in more conventional companies and even if they had, the funding would likely have gotten cut when no immediate, monetary success was visible. All this is only possible because of Musk's confidence/arrogance and his ability to take others with him.

scaramanga 4y ago
We can only dream of such a world where those projects hadn't been funded. Along with the immeasurable wastage of resources, diversion of human talent, and theft of tax revenue.
- ajmurmann 4y ago
  I'm not a big Musk fanboy (anymore), but the work SpaceX has done is clearly ground breaking. I also wonder where electric cars would be without Tesla. They were all but dead after GM killed theirs.
  - scaramanga 4y ago
    Yes, but there's no doubt any and all of that could have been done in a way that's less harmful to society at large. Which isn't a specific criticism of Musk, rather of our corporate culture in general.
    - ajmurmann 4y ago
      What's the harm?
- strangeattractr 4y ago
  What wastage are you referring to specifically?
arrow7000 4y ago
You really managed to fool yourself into thinking that his sad attempts to be Funny Online are him playing 5D chess somehow
- ajmurmann 4y ago
  Does it matter if it's 5D chess or his behavior just happens to create the environment needed to create rockets that can land and revitalize the electric car market after GM had killed it? I don't like the guy much, but his companies are creating great results and innovation. Do they live up to the hype? Does her understand himself why? I'm not sure how much it matters.
- lupire 4y ago
  Please provide a mechanism by which a person can amass $200B in wealth from the general public via non-smart behavior. Note: not all smart behavior is programing, engineering, or even product design.

scaramanga 4y ago

We can only dream of such a world where those projects hadn't been funded. Along with the immeasurable wastage of resources, diversion of human talent, and theft of tax revenue.

ajmurmann 4y ago
I'm not a big Musk fanboy (anymore), but the work SpaceX has done is clearly ground breaking. I also wonder where electric cars would be without Tesla. They were all but dead after GM killed theirs.
- scaramanga 4y ago
  Yes, but there's no doubt any and all of that could have been done in a way that's less harmful to society at large. Which isn't a specific criticism of Musk, rather of our corporate culture in general.
  - ajmurmann 4y ago
    What's the harm?
strangeattractr 4y ago
What wastage are you referring to specifically?

arrow7000 4y ago

You really managed to fool yourself into thinking that his sad attempts to be Funny Online are him playing 5D chess somehow

ajmurmann 4y ago
Does it matter if it's 5D chess or his behavior just happens to create the environment needed to create rockets that can land and revitalize the electric car market after GM had killed it? I don't like the guy much, but his companies are creating great results and innovation. Do they live up to the hype? Does her understand himself why? I'm not sure how much it matters.
lupire 4y ago
Please provide a mechanism by which a person can amass $200B in wealth from the general public via non-smart behavior. Note: not all smart behavior is programing, engineering, or even product design.