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I think this might be the most notable thing about Elon Musk. He's made it, but he hasn't turned to politics or investing or behind the scenes activities. He se

I think this might be the most notable thing about Elon Musk. He's made it, but he hasn't turned to politics or investing or behind the scenes activities. He seems very drawn to a crazy lifestyle.

prepend 3y ago
Musk has said he has a goal of going to Mars and getting humanity off fossil fuels. Maybe that’s true, maybe not, but he has a mission. Page and Brin wanted to organize the world’s info. I think they accomplished that and I suspect the googleplex can answer all their questions.
mschuster91 3y ago
> He's made it, but he hasn't turned to politics or investing or behind the scenes activities. Of course he has turned to politics, just not in the conventional way - he's not a native US citizen, so he can't do a Trump and run for President. Instead he's messing around with Twitter by allowing the far-right to run completely rampant on it.
- robertlagrant 3y ago
  I don't think he's turned to it, though. He certainly seems keen on speech, but that's not his only thing he's got going on by any stretch.
- KptMarchewa 3y ago
  Not only allowing, massively boosting.
consumer451 3y ago
> I think this might be the most notable thing about Elon Musk. He's made it, but he hasn't turned to politics It appears to me that he has absolutely turned to politics, if you look at his tweets, they are almost entirely political these days. He wanted to buy Twitter purely for political reasons, and said as much.
cromwellian 3y ago
He’s not running for office but he sure does seem to waste a ton of time arguing politics on Twitter and getting into public battles with people. I’d also argue he technically is investing, given all of the companies he’s starting, even OpenAI started from his investment. There’s Neuralink, Boring Company, and probably others. Though in Musk’s case it might be his autism/adhd.
10xDev 3y ago
Musk literally bought Twitter mostly for political reasons. Why else do you think?

I think this might be the most notable thing about Elon Musk. He's made it, but he hasn't turned to politics or investing or behind the scenes activities. He seems very drawn to a crazy lifestyle.

prepend 3y ago

Musk has said he has a goal of going to Mars and getting humanity off fossil fuels. Maybe that’s true, maybe not, but he has a mission. Page and Brin wanted to organize the world’s info. I think they accomplished that and I suspect the googleplex can answer all their questions.

mschuster91 3y ago

> He's made it, but he hasn't turned to politics or investing or behind the scenes activities. Of course he has turned to politics, just not in the conventional way - he's not a native US citizen, so he can't do a Trump and run for President. Instead he's messing around with Twitter by allowing the far-right to run completely rampant on it.

robertlagrant 3y ago
I don't think he's turned to it, though. He certainly seems keen on speech, but that's not his only thing he's got going on by any stretch.
KptMarchewa 3y ago
Not only allowing, massively boosting.

consumer451 3y ago

> I think this might be the most notable thing about Elon Musk. He's made it, but he hasn't turned to politics It appears to me that he has absolutely turned to politics, if you look at his tweets, they are almost entirely political these days. He wanted to buy Twitter purely for political reasons, and said as much.

cromwellian 3y ago

He’s not running for office but he sure does seem to waste a ton of time arguing politics on Twitter and getting into public battles with people. I’d also argue he technically is investing, given all of the companies he’s starting, even OpenAI started from his investment. There’s Neuralink, Boring Company, and probably others. Though in Musk’s case it might be his autism/adhd.

10xDev 3y ago

Musk literally bought Twitter mostly for political reasons. Why else do you think?