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For anyone who is wondering Elon's real genius is not engineering, or technology, it is getting financing and funding. Raising money is incredibly fucking diffi

For anyone who is wondering Elon's real genius is not engineering, or technology, it is getting financing and funding. Raising money is incredibly fucking difficult, and Elon is empirically fucking GREAT at it. I just wish everyone would stop assuming that makes him great at everything. I personally chalk up the worship of the rich to the fact most people have never met someone who is filty fucking rich... you would likely be depressed how fucking dumb most of them are.

appleiigs 4y ago
Really? Google, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, NASA, all the auto, power, and telecom companies have money. None of them were able to build better space craft, satellite internet, electric cars, charging stations than Elon was able to do. Your really think it's just money?
- scarface74 4y ago
  Have any of them tried?
  - procinct 4y ago
    Blue Origin? Virgin Galactic?
- TrapLord_Rhodo 4y ago
  Careful... you can't praise his engineering prowess otherwise you're an "Elon Defender".
  - aaomidi 4y ago
    Do we think that the CEO is behind the work of the thousands of engineers that made stuff possible? Luck of who got what jobs, and how much authority they had plays a huuuuge role.
- rubyn00bie 4y ago
  The people solving hard problems when it comes to building spaceships or electric cars have had limited options when it comes to getting a paycheck to solve them. Elons ability to raise capital and fund ventures in these spaces is going to attract brilliant people. If anything everything you listed further illustrates my point, Elon exceeds in capital intensive industries. When the barrier to entry is low, he’s not so good looks at Twitter. I think genius in one place is good enough to be considered exceptional and achieve exceptional things. I don’t see why he must also be a genius in everything else… why must it be more than the money?

appleiigs 4y ago

Really? Google, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, NASA, all the auto, power, and telecom companies have money. None of them were able to build better space craft, satellite internet, electric cars, charging stations than Elon was able to do. Your really think it's just money?

scarface74 4y ago
Have any of them tried?
- procinct 4y ago
  Blue Origin? Virgin Galactic?
TrapLord_Rhodo 4y ago
Careful... you can't praise his engineering prowess otherwise you're an "Elon Defender".
- aaomidi 4y ago
  Do we think that the CEO is behind the work of the thousands of engineers that made stuff possible? Luck of who got what jobs, and how much authority they had plays a huuuuge role.
rubyn00bie 4y ago
The people solving hard problems when it comes to building spaceships or electric cars have had limited options when it comes to getting a paycheck to solve them. Elons ability to raise capital and fund ventures in these spaces is going to attract brilliant people. If anything everything you listed further illustrates my point, Elon exceeds in capital intensive industries. When the barrier to entry is low, he’s not so good looks at Twitter. I think genius in one place is good enough to be considered exceptional and achieve exceptional things. I don’t see why he must also be a genius in everything else… why must it be more than the money?