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How about hyperloop, for example
by kevviiinn 3y ago
How about hyperloop, for example
- panick21_ 3y agoHe released a Bluepaper and said, 'I like this idea but I'm not gone work on it as a product'. How is that a failure? Hyperloop isn't a great idea, I don't think, but calling it failure is kind of dumb.
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- kevviiinn 3y agoWalking away from a project of yours is a failure, it's a failure when you decide something isn't worth pursuing. Not to mention I can say I'm "not interested" in pursuing something I know I won't work
- panick21_ 3y agoLooking at an idea and saying 'not worth perusing' isn't a failure. Should every concept vehicle of every car company that didn't get built considered a failure? Every design study ever done by any engineering firm is a failure? Something is a failure if you invest large amounts of money into something and get nothing out of it.
- JohnFen 3y agoHyperloop is clearly a tremendous failure. Even Musk eventually realized that, which is why he walked away.
- panick21_ 3y agoYou are getting the timeline wrong. Musk said he didn't have time or interest in perusing Hyperloop before he even released the Blue Paper. Maybe Hyperloop as a concept is a failure, that is correct. But for Musk, releasing a idea as a short paper and not perusing it beyond that isn't a relevant failure. If he had invested 100M$ and then walked away, then I would consider it a real failure for him. As it stands, its a couple of wasted weekends doodling on project. If that is the most people can come up with talking about failures, then its really not worth talking about.