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The Musk Algorithm
- latexr 3y ago> I know positive statements like that about Musk can trigger some people. Anecdotally, I have observed that the people who use “trigger” or “snowflake” to refer to the actions of others are themselves the biggest perpetrators of what they decry. It’s bait which taints the conversation from the get go. If you feel the need to poke jabs at a nondescript group before making an unrelated point, perhaps consider your argument isn’t strong enough. Do better. > The part of the business book I've enjoyed the most is the countless illustrations of how Musk applies his "algorithm". I saw this on another HN submission. Clearly it’s going to be the most quoted part of the book. What jumps at me is how generic and badly worded it is. It’s the same advice you’ve seen for years on mediocre “how I got my first X customers” blog posts. It’s what that one annoying guy keeps posting on LinkedIn as “the recipe to success”. It’s particularly weird how steps are numbered yet repeatedly mention you should do the previous ones first. We understand how numbers and progression works, there’s no need to explain three times—on a five step process—that the previous number comes first. > Walter Isaacson May not be the biographer you want if you care for accuracy of technical details. John Siracusa spent three hours (over two episodes) discussing the failings of Isaacson’s Steve Jobs biography. https://hypercritical.fireside.fm/42 https://hypercritical.fireside.fm/42 https://hypercritical.fireside.fm/43 https://hypercritical.fireside.fm/43