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Had to change the channel. Must have been live. It was funny the first time, but he insisted on repeating it, and he sounded a little unhinged. Seems like a c
by melling 3y ago
Had to change the channel. Must have been live. It was funny the first time, but he insisted on repeating it, and he sounded a little unhinged.
Seems like a certain lack of emotional development. I don't want Musk to be a polished corporate drone but the most interesting people express themselves in a more controlled manner. Something I haven't mastered but I try not to disconnect my brain and cut loose. It never ends wells.
For Steve Jobs' reputation, he seemed to have learned, at least publicly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrUmVz-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrUmVz-o
- babelthuap 3y ago[dead]
- 3cats-in-a-coat 3y agoWhat parallels you draw between Musk and Jobs?
- Mars294 3y agoBoth are well known public figures (business men).
- renegade-otter 3y agoThe similarity between Musk and Jobs is risk taking and bold product vision - set an impossible goal and work your people into the ground achieving it. Both men share lack of regard for anyone's feelings - huge narcissists, their way or the highway. It achieves the results but Musk has a particularly hard time dealing with failure. He is a giant snowflake who melts down if he is not worshipped. Jobs was smart enough to stay away from the spotlight and social media. Musk, on the other hand, is extremely addicted to it. There is something else going on, however. He is known to partake in uppers and downers like Ketamine. Extreme wealth, insecurity, obsession with public opition, and drugs are a really nasty cocktail.
- xvector 3y agoI didn't think it sound unhinged at all. it just sounded like someone that was sick of being pressured telling people to fuck off. That is a fairly common reaction we see in every day life. Elon is simply making abundantly clear that he doesn't care what advertisers feel. If they want to stay, they can stay, and if they don't they can leave. And he's fine with that. That is a reasonable message to communicate.
- libraryatnight 3y agoOh is that simply what he is doing? This seems a charitable read given his confused comment about "blackmail" He looks, sounds, and acts unwell. But even that doesn't really excuse his behavior, just explains it possibly.
- xvector 3y agoIMO you might be overindexing on the usage of that word. It is clearer what Musk means in context. Again, he is simply saying that he won't let advertisers pressure him into changing X. That is clearly all he means by "blackmail" even if the actual usage of the term is incorrect. He is fine, his values simply don't align with most peoples'. He is acting quite consistently with his stance on how he wants to run X (eg profit is not the primary goal.)
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- libraryatnight 3y agoThank you for clarifying that. I was confused. All hail Musk.
- amitrip 3y ago[dead]
- oneeyedpigeon 3y agoDo you honestly think that he doesn't care about huge drops in advertising revenue?