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> I see few other people on this planet that are tackling the same problems that he is Literally hundreds, if not thousands, and perhaps tens of thousands of s

> I see few other people on this planet that are tackling the same problems that he is Literally hundreds, if not thousands, and perhaps tens of thousands of scientists and engineers are tackling those problems. For one thing, he is not personally developing anything, he employs people to do the tackling; and for another, other companies are invested in the same pursuits.

Gare 4y ago
But are any companies as successful as Tesla and SpaceX? And would Tesla and SpaceX be as successful without Elon's leadership? It's impossible to answer definitely, of course. I'm leaning towards no. I'm not a Musk fanboy, but he does something right.
- fuzzfactor 4y ago
  It's not like very few people can do everything right, almost nobody can do everything right. I think he's outstanding for building a trusted core of executives who can carry out his projects like he wants them to as good as anybody can. He has prevailed when the odds were against him, which may be the case with Twitter now. It might have been better to build the same level of trust with the top Twitter people before letting so many go, bringing in Tesla outsiders as axmen is more like a hostile takeover.
- bg24 4y ago
  Tesla and SpaceX aligned with his vision from childhood. Twitter takeover is born out of the greed to be the first Trillionaire. Telsa and SpaceX were built ground up to challenge atatus quo. Twitter comes with baggage, is a new space for him and a new competitive area altogether.
  - feet 4y ago
    Didn't he buy into Tesla?
    - bg24 4y ago
      Yes. He knew exactly where to invest, had the vision, and execute on it successfully. So Tesla is his baby.
      - feet 4y ago
        Which vision was that, exactly?
        umangsh 4y ago
        https://www.tesla.com/blog/secret-tesla-motors-master-plan-just-between-you-and-me https://www.tesla.com/blog/secret-tesla-motors-master-plan-j... (2006) https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux (2016)
        feet 4y ago
        It's weird how he claims in that first blog post to be a cofounder. I wonder which other things he exaggerates or just plain lies about? Those blog posts just sound like marketing to me >Tesla was incorporated in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning as Tesla Motors. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.

Gare 4y ago

But are any companies as successful as Tesla and SpaceX? And would Tesla and SpaceX be as successful without Elon's leadership? It's impossible to answer definitely, of course. I'm leaning towards no. I'm not a Musk fanboy, but he does something right.

fuzzfactor 4y ago
It's not like very few people can do everything right, almost nobody can do everything right. I think he's outstanding for building a trusted core of executives who can carry out his projects like he wants them to as good as anybody can. He has prevailed when the odds were against him, which may be the case with Twitter now. It might have been better to build the same level of trust with the top Twitter people before letting so many go, bringing in Tesla outsiders as axmen is more like a hostile takeover.
bg24 4y ago
Tesla and SpaceX aligned with his vision from childhood. Twitter takeover is born out of the greed to be the first Trillionaire. Telsa and SpaceX were built ground up to challenge atatus quo. Twitter comes with baggage, is a new space for him and a new competitive area altogether.
- feet 4y ago
  Didn't he buy into Tesla?
  - bg24 4y ago
    Yes. He knew exactly where to invest, had the vision, and execute on it successfully. So Tesla is his baby.
    - feet 4y ago
      Which vision was that, exactly?
      - umangsh 4y ago
        https://www.tesla.com/blog/secret-tesla-motors-master-plan-just-between-you-and-me https://www.tesla.com/blog/secret-tesla-motors-master-plan-j... (2006) https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux (2016)
        feet 4y ago
        It's weird how he claims in that first blog post to be a cofounder. I wonder which other things he exaggerates or just plain lies about? Those blog posts just sound like marketing to me >Tesla was incorporated in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning as Tesla Motors. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.