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I understand that there's a lot not to like in Musk, but I'm a confirmed compartmentalist and in the compartment of "Created an electric car industry where noth
by bwanab 3y ago
I understand that there's a lot not to like in Musk, but I'm a confirmed compartmentalist and in the compartment of "Created an electric car industry where nothing previously existed, and given a 10 year head start, did it openly, and still managed to get a 20 year lead on the competition" I'll give him a good grade.
To put it as analogies: Picasso was an asshole in his private life, but we can still admire his work. Tesla (the man) was never able to make much money off his amazing work, but we still admire that work and the man who created it. Strange these were the first two I thought of.
- spiderfarmer 3y agoI can admire his past achievements, but not the man. Unlike Nikola Tesla his past achievements were commercial and not very fundamental, so I think history will be a lot less kind to a man who seems hellbent on destroying his reputation and legacy while he’s still alive.