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You make a good point. It is always best to direct one's ire at the action rather than the person. On the other hand, while I always want to believe that peopl
by zafka 2y ago
You make a good point. It is always best to direct one's ire at the action rather than the person. On the other hand, while I always want to believe that people can change for the better, very few do. I do try to work on my character, but it is rather hard, and I know that I have lots of room for improvement. When people think they are very close to perfect, they often spend less time on introspection. -- It is easier to help a neurotic than someone with character disorder.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 2y agoI've never seen Elon claim he's close to perfect. To the contrary, I can remember specific instances of him being pretty open about his flaws and mistakes. Recently he seems to struggle to admit he's made a mistake, but I think all of us would, given his public profile. Think about it -- currently at least half the world hates him; if he admits he's been screwing up, almost everyone will hate him (his former allies will hate him for being weak/traitorous). It's just human nature to double down in those circumstances, I think.
- Terr_ 2y agoThis direction of inquiry might ultimately be irrelevant, in that Musk's actions speak louder than his words. If a person says "I'm not perfect" but never actually reforms their recklessly harmful behavior, then it's really just an attempt to deflect criticism.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 2y agoI seem to recall him talking about some mistakes he made which made it hard to get the Tesla factory going. Once he fixed those mistakes things worked a lot better.