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SpaceX, Tesla, Starlink, Neuralink, Boring Company, are you serious that because of some dumb tweets and a questionable personality or political views not every

SpaceX, Tesla, Starlink, Neuralink, Boring Company, are you serious that because of some dumb tweets and a questionable personality or political views not everyone agrees with, you think history will overlook all of this? Not a chance, sorry.

happytoexplain 3y ago
A person can be remembered for the companies they founded, professionally, and at the same time be remembered as, personally, "just another eccentric rich idiot".
aaergtnoi123 3y ago
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fundad 3y ago
What views, specifically, do you think people are talking about
Sparkle-san 3y ago
He's the CEO of six companies and still finds time to tweet throughout the day. I'm more inclined to believe that these companies are successful despite him, not because of him.
- kuhewa 3y ago
  It clear he's a great 'salesman' in terms of raising capital and spruiking up share prices, and he's turned that toward some interesting concepts. What is also interesting is part of the act is pretending he is the genius behind the ideas and has a hand in the novel engineering of them, which makes some of his fans love him, and anyone with subject matter expertise on whatever technical things he's saying realise he's half a moron or at least shameless.
  - omgwtfbyobbq 3y ago
    It's not only that he's raised capital for/funded interesting concepts, it's that he's (mostly) successfully spent money on interesting concepts that the majority of people in the media and in those industries said were not viable. Even if these insights into specific industries aren't his own, he's savvy enough to recognize their validity and bring together other people who can make those insights reality. At the same time, he has his fair share of boneheaded boondoggles.
  - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > pretending he is the genius behind the ideas and has a hand in the novel engineering of them Musk has always been brutally transparent with investors. The personal genius schtick isn't one he pulls when raising capital. (It does play well to a lay audience.)
    - solarkraft 3y ago
      It's a bit of both, isn't it? I do remember the "production hell" perspective, but also many over-optimistic predictions along the lines of "I swear we'll have full self driving by the end of the year" for 5 years.
- abletonlive 3y ago
  Have you read the issacson book though? Plenty of people that work directly with him talk about how involved he is....for better or worse.
- bart_spoon 3y ago
  I’m actually starting to believe that the more companies he is a CEO of, the better they will do, as he will have his attention divided between them all and less time to negatively impact them on an individual level.
brucethemoose2 3y ago
You can simultaneously accept that these organizations Musk, and others, built are remarkable while accepting that his current personal behavior is unacceptable and is not in his self interest. History is littered with entrepreneurs and inventors who lost thier marbles.
- daniel_iversen 3y ago
  Agree. And I wouldn’t be surprised if Tweeting is some sort of energy/mental/payxhological outlet for him i.e we may not be able to have one without the other? :)
lazide 3y ago
x/Twitter is definitively going to overshadow everything else he’s done. Especially with where this is going. Howard Hughes is way more famous for the spruce goose and being a hypochondriac shut in with the general public than anything else!
adfgianiono 3y ago
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happytoexplain 3y ago

A person can be remembered for the companies they founded, professionally, and at the same time be remembered as, personally, "just another eccentric rich idiot".

aaergtnoi123 3y ago

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fundad 3y ago

What views, specifically, do you think people are talking about

Sparkle-san 3y ago

He's the CEO of six companies and still finds time to tweet throughout the day. I'm more inclined to believe that these companies are successful despite him, not because of him.

kuhewa 3y ago
It clear he's a great 'salesman' in terms of raising capital and spruiking up share prices, and he's turned that toward some interesting concepts. What is also interesting is part of the act is pretending he is the genius behind the ideas and has a hand in the novel engineering of them, which makes some of his fans love him, and anyone with subject matter expertise on whatever technical things he's saying realise he's half a moron or at least shameless.
- omgwtfbyobbq 3y ago
  It's not only that he's raised capital for/funded interesting concepts, it's that he's (mostly) successfully spent money on interesting concepts that the majority of people in the media and in those industries said were not viable. Even if these insights into specific industries aren't his own, he's savvy enough to recognize their validity and bring together other people who can make those insights reality. At the same time, he has his fair share of boneheaded boondoggles.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > pretending he is the genius behind the ideas and has a hand in the novel engineering of them Musk has always been brutally transparent with investors. The personal genius schtick isn't one he pulls when raising capital. (It does play well to a lay audience.)
  - solarkraft 3y ago
    It's a bit of both, isn't it? I do remember the "production hell" perspective, but also many over-optimistic predictions along the lines of "I swear we'll have full self driving by the end of the year" for 5 years.
abletonlive 3y ago
Have you read the issacson book though? Plenty of people that work directly with him talk about how involved he is....for better or worse.
bart_spoon 3y ago
I’m actually starting to believe that the more companies he is a CEO of, the better they will do, as he will have his attention divided between them all and less time to negatively impact them on an individual level.

brucethemoose2 3y ago

You can simultaneously accept that these organizations Musk, and others, built are remarkable while accepting that his current personal behavior is unacceptable and is not in his self interest. History is littered with entrepreneurs and inventors who lost thier marbles.

daniel_iversen 3y ago
Agree. And I wouldn’t be surprised if Tweeting is some sort of energy/mental/payxhological outlet for him i.e we may not be able to have one without the other? :)

lazide 3y ago

x/Twitter is definitively going to overshadow everything else he’s done. Especially with where this is going. Howard Hughes is way more famous for the spruce goose and being a hypochondriac shut in with the general public than anything else!

adfgianiono 3y ago

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