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There’s no guarantee that giving him $50 billion won’t still end up in him losing interest anyhow. This approach seems like giving a hostage taker a ransom.
by throwaway5959 2y ago
There’s no guarantee that giving him $50 billion won’t still end up in him losing interest anyhow. This approach seems like giving a hostage taker a ransom.
- swores 2y agoNo but there's also no guarantee that anyone you pay a salary to will continue to do a good job, in both cases it's a judgement call of whether the risk is worth it. I personally think anyone earning that much is obscene, and that Musk isn't useful to Tesla any more, but my opinion doesn't disprove their judgement that it's worth paying him.