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Elon's response: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1889062013109703009 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1889062013109703009 > Swindler In another tweet chain: https:
by minimaxir 2y ago
Elon's response: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1889062013109703009 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1889062013109703009
> Swindler
In another tweet chain: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1889063777792069911 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1889063777792069911
> Scam Altman
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- Hikikomori 2y agoSuch a child
- mvdtnz 2y agoBoth of them.
- sadjad 2y agoLet them fight.
- hn_throwaway_99 2y agoOn one hand, I used to look at these super successful people with a pretty heavy dose of envy. Now I honestly don't, because I find their behavior reprehensible and disgusting, and just so childishly stupid. Granted, I'm fortunate enough that I really don't want for material goods (that's also because I realized I don't need very much), so I might feel differently if I had to slave away at some job I hated. Being a "nerd" who graduated HS in the 90s has been a weird arc. At first you got out and were like "yes! I survived HS", and then for a while you had skills that were valued, and now it feels like the whole world has devolved into a shitty sequel to Mean Girls.
- steve_adams_86 2y agoSam Harris has some of the best, arguably more constructive, critiques of Elon. I guess they used to be some degree of friendly with each other, exchanging text messages and such, but that has since ended. I’ve generally found his take on things fairly insightful and worth hearing out. I know some people can’t stand him, and I don’t agree with him about everything, but I think it leaves you with a decent sense of what has happened to Elon over the years. Kara Swisher is also familiar with Elon over the years and her commentary definitely elucidates some of the more bizarre aspects of his new persona. Where it probably came from, how things have shaken out, what he was like before when his quirks were present yet not as obvious, etc. I mention them because your point about not envying them anymore is deeply justified by what these people have to say. They paint this picture that makes you pity him more than anything. He seems like a very intelligent 15 year old trapped in a man’s body with an incredible nerd complex, always deeply craving to be initiated yet never finding his way there. He throws his money and power around, but inside he’s a deeply troubled, needy, weak little boy. Addicted to twitter, fiending for more attention seemingly every moment. Possibly addicted to hard drugs. What a mess. I got a laugh out of the mean girls sequel part, haha.
- hn_throwaway_99 2y agoI'll have to find the commentary by Sam Harris, I think it'd be interesting. I thought this post by Philip Low, founder of NeuroVigil, a Neuralink competitor, was very insightful and interesting: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7288439915485315072/ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7288439...
- tim333 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42716926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42716926
- steve_adams_86 2y agoThat is very interesting, thank you. It fits into the narrative I've seen constructed remarkably well. I suspect that these people have assessed Musk accurately, and he really is a mess of a person. Aren't we all, in some way or another. That's entirely forgivable, until you give a broken person immense power and influence. He's extremely dangerous.
- prawn 2y agoI'm of a similar vintage and perspective to you. Watching people into their 70s and 80s still working tedious political jobs, or outrageously rich people squandering hours on screens and miserable taunting astounds me.
- abustamam 2y agoAppropriate https://youtu.be/jrxI_euTX4A?si=TYqWW-vLc4ApzkDH https://youtu.be/jrxI_euTX4A?si=TYqWW-vLc4ApzkDH
- polotics 2y agowow I had no idea the level of discourse on that x website was so low, has it always been like this?
- stiltzkin 2y ago[dead]
- Analemma_ 2y agoYes and no. Yes the level of discourse was always that bad, but previously the people posting at that level were Internet randos, not the President of the United States and the executives of our most important businesses. I do wonder if these clowns appreciate the long-term consequences of shattering the mystique of business executives. It's all memey fun and games in the moment, but later on when you have to make the counterargument against "why do these people deserve their billions? why shouldn't they all go up against the wall instead?" and you try to say "Well, it's because they're so talented and brilliant; doing so would cause incredible harm to the economy without their strong guidance", it becomes much harder to do that convincingly when we can all see them behaving like toddlers in public.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoObjectively good outcome.
- morkalork 2y ago"let them eat cake"
- firecall 2y agovive le rasoir national!
- 4ndrewl 2y ago"I do wonder if these clowns appreciate the long-term consequences of shattering the mystique of business executives. It's all memey fun and games in the moment, but later on when you have to make the counterargument against "why do these people deserve their billions?" I'm sure that's never crossed Putin's mind...
- lavezzi 2y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG3oAvkUadc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG3oAvkUadc
- mandeepj 2y agoHis boss called someone "Newscum". Birds of a feather flock together.
- ggavin 2y agoFor whatever reason, Newsom's gotten many colorful nicknames from his critics. It was one of the funnier parts of moving to California. At one point I maintained a list of any I heard but it appears to be lost. Newssolini, Gruesome Newsom, Any Twosome Newsom, Gavin Gruesome, Governor Gaslight...
- JohnFen 2y agoThe reason is because his critics have nothing substantial to criticize him about. Name-calling is an admission that you got nothing.
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- tqi 2y agoI absolutely hate how much CEOs acting like children / influencers has become the norm. Maybe they were always like this, and twitter has just given us a window into it, but I for one would wholeheartedly welcome a return to "respectability" norms for business and civic leaders.
- archagon 2y agoThat would require the death of social media.
- firecall 2y agoFingers crossed!
- insane_dreamer 2y agoMake it so.
- weikju 2y agoOne can only wish
- Hizonner 2y agoThat's one of the things involved that should die, yes.
- quickthrowman 2y agoI welcome this with open arms.
- portaouflop 2y agoIt already has died 5 years ago - what we are witnessing now is just the decaying of the corpse
- aswanson 2y agoThis is the way.
- Xcelerate 2y ago
- hakcermani 2y agoSam could reply with Elon Skum !
- e40 2y agoWe live in wild times, where billionaires share pathetic quips on social media. Like they are 12 and on a playground.
- Havoc 2y agoMusk borrowing from Trump's playbook...childish nicknames
- Aperocky 2y agoWhy would he offer a swindler and a scam almost $100B?
- fnqi8ckfek 2y ago[dead]