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I’m super conflicted on Musk. His stated aims are admirable, and I used to think very highly of him. He’s clearly a smart guy who’s executing on big things most
by jon-wood 4y ago
I’m super conflicted on Musk. His stated aims are admirable, and I used to think very highly of him. He’s clearly a smart guy who’s executing on big things most people aren’t (or at least weren’t) even considering.
Sadly the way he goes about that is less than ideal. Tesla keep selling vapourware features and releasing things that are actively dangerous. Boring company was mostly a ploy to distract from high speed rail (which would reduce the need for cars). The Twitter takeover has been a debacle so far. SpaceX are about the only untainted venture here, and my understanding is they’re not run day to day by Musk, with staff spending inordinate amounts of effort to keep him happy and out of the way of the real work.
- coffeeblack 4y agoTesla isn’t just about cars, it’s about making renewable energy useful. Boring had little to do with Musk. It was an idea that seemed promising, and a Tesla manager volunteered to make it reality. Musk just provided some initial finding. It is completely unrelated to rail. Not sure why you feel Twitter to be a “debacle”? I like diversity of though and open discourse. Also the scientific method is a good thing to save.
- techsupport001 4y agoI'm not sure that we can really assume hyperloop is unrelated to rail People have claimed musk told them its driven by his hatred for California's high-speed rail project [0]. That sounds like significant evidence that it is related to rail. [0]. https://twitter.com/parismarx/status/1167410460125097990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1167410460125097990%7Ctwgr%5E5c336a337d8748a7491943d1c3635e9bbb09a174%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-40723743773087199278.ampproject.net%2F2211302304002%2Fframe.html https://twitter.com/parismarx/status/1167410460125097990?ref...