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I get that gloating when your enemies fail is one of life's big pleasures, but would your opinion on the guy change if we lived an alternate universe where Tesl

I get that gloating when your enemies fail is one of life's big pleasures, but would your opinion on the guy change if we lived an alternate universe where Tesla had gotten FSD working?

JKCalhoun 4y ago
To answer your question, no, I am utterly unenthusiastic about FSD. When I want to leave the driving to someone else I'll take the train. I suppose I think that's better in the long run, better for society in addition to being better for the planet. I know it's not a popular take.
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- brhsagain 4y ago
  Okay, but idlewords' comment is one of those things that sounds like it is a clever point when it is actually not. "Ha, the big talker who breaks things is talking big and breaking things again!" All right, so if today's article had been, Tesla gets FSD working, would he instead have been like "wow, this guy ships things that work, maybe I was wrong about him and Mars?" No, it's just gloating, right? We get it, he hates Elon, and when you hate someone you'll throw whatever dart you've got on hand at them.
  - idlewords 4y ago
    I find Musk ridiculous, which is not the same as hating someone. People on this site have historically had trouble with the distinction. To answer your question, though, my opinion on his Mars project would change completely if it turned out that cave rescue guy actually was a pedo.
    - brhsagain 4y ago
      I mean, not to get personal or take this on a tangent, but, I am a longtime reader of your tweets and blog, and you seem to have an actual problem of values with him. You clearly have a direction you'd like society to move in and I feel like I've seen you express dismay that this energetic, instrumentally effective guy is out there making the world into something else. Is that not the case?
      - jamiek88 4y ago
        >You clearly have a direction you'd like society to move in and I feel like I've seen you express dismay that this energetic, instrumentally effective guy is out there Hahaha talk about a loaded question. You see enthusiasm I see manic grift.
        brhsagain 4y ago
        What do you think I am asking?
rsynnott 4y ago
And what if we lived in a universe where he'd fed 5,000 people with seven loaves of bread and a few fish?
- brhsagain 4y ago
  “But I did eat breakfast”

I get that gloating when your enemies fail is one of life's big pleasures, but would your opinion on the guy change if we lived an alternate universe where Tesla had gotten FSD working?

JKCalhoun 4y ago

To answer your question, no, I am utterly unenthusiastic about FSD. When I want to leave the driving to someone else I'll take the train. I suppose I think that's better in the long run, better for society in addition to being better for the planet. I know it's not a popular take.

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brhsagain 4y ago
Okay, but idlewords' comment is one of those things that sounds like it is a clever point when it is actually not. "Ha, the big talker who breaks things is talking big and breaking things again!" All right, so if today's article had been, Tesla gets FSD working, would he instead have been like "wow, this guy ships things that work, maybe I was wrong about him and Mars?" No, it's just gloating, right? We get it, he hates Elon, and when you hate someone you'll throw whatever dart you've got on hand at them.
- idlewords 4y ago
  I find Musk ridiculous, which is not the same as hating someone. People on this site have historically had trouble with the distinction. To answer your question, though, my opinion on his Mars project would change completely if it turned out that cave rescue guy actually was a pedo.
  - brhsagain 4y ago
    I mean, not to get personal or take this on a tangent, but, I am a longtime reader of your tweets and blog, and you seem to have an actual problem of values with him. You clearly have a direction you'd like society to move in and I feel like I've seen you express dismay that this energetic, instrumentally effective guy is out there making the world into something else. Is that not the case?
    - jamiek88 4y ago
      >You clearly have a direction you'd like society to move in and I feel like I've seen you express dismay that this energetic, instrumentally effective guy is out there Hahaha talk about a loaded question. You see enthusiasm I see manic grift.
      - brhsagain 4y ago
        What do you think I am asking?

rsynnott 4y ago

And what if we lived in a universe where he'd fed 5,000 people with seven loaves of bread and a few fish?

brhsagain 4y ago
“But I did eat breakfast”