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Saying that's "the only lens that matters" is a specific value judgement. Other people can value other things like the viability of that vision, competence to a
by giraffe_lady 4y ago
Saying that's "the only lens that matters" is a specific value judgement. Other people can value other things like the viability of that vision, competence to achieve it, impact of the means used along the way, financial return of the intermediate steps, entertainment value of incidental shitposting, etc etc.
Other people aren't required to use your values to evaluate whether they consider a venture successful and you aren't required to use theirs. FWIW I don't know why that would be a surprise to you.
Further musk doesn't strike me as particularly honest in his self-representation. Saying things isn't quite the same as transparency; it can nearly be in cases where the speaker is especially trustworthy but I don't see that to be the case here.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoWhen you’re judging his motivations I posit your value system matters not at all. His motivations are his motivations regardless of your values.
- giraffe_lady 4y agoYes and his motivations per se are not available to us to scrutinize. His explanation of his motivations are one piece of information we have about them among many others. Choosing to dismiss all the others in favor of that single piece of information is a choice you can make, yes. But it's not the only choice, not the most "pure" or neutral or correct. You could weigh the man's word so highly, value it such that, you personally need no other information. But then we're back where we started.