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Which industry is he a fraud in though? You're implying it's tech I assume?
by rockemsockem 2y ago
Which industry is he a fraud in though? You're implying it's tech I assume?
- trust_bt_verify 2y agoThe self driving car industry.
- rockemsockem 2y agoAgreed on this. The "full self driving" moniker is absolutely over hyped and ridiculous. "We don't need lidar" also sounds quite silly.
- afavour 2y agoWell, “fraud” was the OP’s word, not mine. In my mind it connotes something criminal and I’m not sure Musk has reached that bar. But I do think he’s some kind of a confidence man, trading on SpaceX’s reputation to project competence elsewhere where he simply doesn’t have it. Tech in particular, yes.
- rockemsockem 2y agoI think the tech criticism is kinda weird since he founded successful software companies before SpaceX. One of which gets used all the time to this day, although obviously PayPal has changed a bunch since then. Like is it ridiculous to print code out to "review"? Obviously, yes, but a few stupid ideas doesn't make someone an outright fraud. I'll note that here I'm using fraud as I believe OP was using it, to indicate that someone is pretending to be something or have some talent that they do not. IDK, I find "fraud" to be a weird criticism in general for Elon. Like he seems like he's kinda a huge asshole and he's really bad at estimates. People in general seem to want to criticize people they don't like on multiple angles and often don't care if the other angles are true at all as long as one is. That kind of thing really irks me.
- afavour 2y agoRecall that Musk got fired from PayPal and his history there was not illustrious: https://disconnect.blog/elon-musk-wants-to-relive-his-start/ https://disconnect.blog/elon-musk-wants-to-relive-his-start/