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Keep in mind she answers to Musk, you can't assume she had the leeway in this instance, especially since he likely got a bee in his bonnet about it and took an
by dkjaudyeqooe 3y ago
Keep in mind she answers to Musk, you can't assume she had the leeway in this instance, especially since he likely got a bee in his bonnet about it and took an uncompromising position.
- arrosenberg 3y agoNuremberg defense. She could have quit.
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoYou've got to pick your battles, and let's face it, a well run and sensibly led SpaceX is a benefit to society (so far).
- bjacobel 3y agoIs it? How've you benefited from the existence of SpaceX? I haven't.
- danaris 3y agoThis seems like an instance of "Something must be done; this is something, therefore it must be done"—more high-quality rocketry and space expertise clearly is a benefit to humanity, at least in the long term, but that doesn't necessarily mean that SpaceX in particular needs to be the organization to do it.
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoAgreed, but they're pushing things forward. If we waited for Boeing or the like who are fed by fat, lazy government and military contracts things would never improve. Basically more (good) competition is better.
- danaris 3y ago...In other words, "We need competition; SpaceX is competition, therefore we need SpaceX"?
- arrosenberg 3y agoThat's fine, but you don't get a pass. If you choose not to fight that battle, then you get to wear the outcome too - that's what was decided at Nuremberg as well.
- 93po 3y agoShe has zero problem saying no to Musk and has countless times before
- throw0101d 3y ago> Keep in mind she answers to Musk She also answers to the laws of the society she lives in, which supersede and contractual obligations (or, rather, nullify them). I've read a book or two that interview/discuss-what the elderly and what regrets they've had about their life: one of the common ones is that they didn't live their life with as much as integrity as they'd like to.