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Yes, the most successful entrepreneur on the planet is unintelligent and irrational.
by PM_me_your_math 4y ago
Yes, the most successful entrepreneur on the planet is unintelligent and irrational.
- shanebellone 4y agoSuccess != Intelligence
- PM_me_your_math 4y agoThe fact Musk has several successful complex enterprises denotes a high degree of intelligence. You know what denotes ignorance? Jealousy Hatred Refusing to admit you are wrong Not giving due credit Sowing division
- analognoise 4y agoIf you start on 3rd base you don't get to claim you hit a home run. Also, it's amazing to me the gyrations people do to legitimize wealth these days; the ancient Greeks knew if you were successful, part of that was luck. Now we have people contorting themselves Dr. Pangloss style, to say that "all is for the best" and that they of course deserve this wealth because they're so much BETTER. It's the weirdest shit ever.
- dns_snek 4y agoMusk hardly fits the definition of an entrepreneur. Getting lucky with a couple of golden parachutes and investing in other people's ideas doesn't qualify imho.
- shanebellone 4y agoHe's executive who claims credit for others' work.
- kcplate 4y agoHe is also a person willing to put investment in to industries with a really long payoff and is willing to be patient enough to let it develop on a long timeline. Everybody criticizing this guy seems to miss this. It doesn’t matter if he is intelligent or not—he is willing to trod with capital where others won’t. Without his investment or even lending his interest to get other to invest, most of this “others work” he takes credit for wouldn’t come to fruition because no one else wants to invest in something that takes decades for a payoff.
- PM_me_your_math 4y agoRespectfully, your opinion is wrong. Musk is an entrepreneur. He sees value and opportunity where others do not, and he ventures risk to obtain it where others do not.