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Not sure. He seems like a ‘slave driving demon’. Best example how he treated the folks at Twitter or his other companies… demanding ‘hardcore’ hours and exactl
by uxcolumbo 4y ago
Not sure.
He seems like a ‘slave driving demon’. Best example how he treated the folks at Twitter or his other companies… demanding ‘hardcore’ hours and exactly like you said… he doesn’t care about people… doesn’t care whether they burn out or creating a culture where bullying is accepted.
I don’t think he really cares about solving big problems, it’s just a front to feed his big ego… he wants be seen as real life Tony Stark.
If he really cared about solving big problems like the climate crisis etc he wouldn’t have wasted his time with Twitter.
He wouldn’t have come with a stupid idea like the hyperloop and trying to derail a high speed rail project.
What he has achieved is he inspired more people to become engineers and problem solvers and have a positive vision of the future. But his big ego and narcissistic traits have ruined it and more and more folks see what he really is.
- dasil003 4y agoNo argument with what you said, but I give him credit for Tesla and SpaceX. Those are more ambitious than the vast majority of SV companies funded over the past couple decades.
- uxcolumbo 4y agoYes true, that’s what I meant by he inspired others.. to join him to solve humanity’s problems. At the beginning his ambitions were probably more aligned to this vision, but he probably got more jaded over the years, realised it’s effin hard and his narcissism got the better of him. It’s a shame the way he treated the Tesla founders. Also I never saw him credit his various teams, it’s always about him. Tesla and SpaceX are successful despite his involvement, because ppl care about creating more sustainable solutions for humanity… it’s a great mission. /rant over ;)