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Makes you wonder, given the sensitivity of this, how the government feels about having Elon at the helm of it given some of his business ties.

rl3 4y ago
Or in light of his recent behavior that could charitably be interpreted as slightly unstable. But hey, the government somehow survived our last President and that was a far greater risk in just about every way: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%27s_disclosures_of_classified_information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%27s_disclosures_o...
mike_d 4y ago
They don't care, Gwynne Shotwell runs the company. But I do foresee a future in which the SEC bars Musk from holding any executive position for any number of things he has done.
- mlindner 4y ago
  > They don't care, Gwynne Shotwell runs the company. This isn't really true in as much as no one person can "run" a company. She acts as in her role as Chief Operations Officer and President of the company. She doesn't set long term vision and she doesn't generally handle projects that are in early incubation. > But I do foresee a future in which the SEC bars Musk from holding any executive position for any number of things he has done. We should try to keep our thoughts within the realm of realistic.
  - NickNameNick 4y ago
    Isn't spacex privately held? That'd mean that the SEC's opinions of Musks character, however valid, would have even less weight there than they might at Tesla or wherever else.
  - mike_d 4y ago
    > This isn't really true in as much as no one person can "run" a company. People seem to think Musk runs quite a few companies. > We should try to keep our thoughts within the realm of realistic. Anyone else would have had their ability to hold an executive position at a publicly traded company revoked by the SEC for this: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1026872652290379776 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1026872652290379776

rl3 4y ago

Or in light of his recent behavior that could charitably be interpreted as slightly unstable. But hey, the government somehow survived our last President and that was a far greater risk in just about every way: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%27s_disclosures_of_classified_information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%27s_disclosures_o...

mike_d 4y ago

They don't care, Gwynne Shotwell runs the company. But I do foresee a future in which the SEC bars Musk from holding any executive position for any number of things he has done.

mlindner 4y ago
> They don't care, Gwynne Shotwell runs the company. This isn't really true in as much as no one person can "run" a company. She acts as in her role as Chief Operations Officer and President of the company. She doesn't set long term vision and she doesn't generally handle projects that are in early incubation. > But I do foresee a future in which the SEC bars Musk from holding any executive position for any number of things he has done. We should try to keep our thoughts within the realm of realistic.
- NickNameNick 4y ago
  Isn't spacex privately held? That'd mean that the SEC's opinions of Musks character, however valid, would have even less weight there than they might at Tesla or wherever else.
- mike_d 4y ago
  > This isn't really true in as much as no one person can "run" a company. People seem to think Musk runs quite a few companies. > We should try to keep our thoughts within the realm of realistic. Anyone else would have had their ability to hold an executive position at a publicly traded company revoked by the SEC for this: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1026872652290379776 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1026872652290379776