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The lost money and perpetual non-achievements really don't matter - because Boring Co. is just one of an inattentive zillionaire's expensive hobbies. Much like
by bell-cot 1y ago
The lost money and perpetual non-achievements really don't matter - because Boring Co. is just one of an inattentive zillionaire's expensive hobbies.
Much like Bezos and his Blue Origin.
- _mlbt 1y agoI don't get the hate here. I'd rather see them do stuff like this than buy more mansions and super yachts. Even if Boring Co. and Blue Origin end up ultimately being commercial failures, they are at least pushing the envelope on engineering.
- bell-cot 1y agoYeah. Average-ish primates tend toward love/hate relationships with 900 lbs. gorillas. Bashing on Elon feels like boosting one's own social status at his expense. In a small band/clan/tribe/troop/whatever, that would actually be the case. But vastly more dangerous to do.
- Zigurd 1y agoI've made a number of video essays about both SpaceX and Blue Origin, mostly from the point of view of management style. To most sane people Bezos can look more competent. But he fired his experienced rocket guy and replaced him with the Alexa guy. Running a rocket company with KPI dashboards turns out to produce about the same non-results as running your rocket company out of the K hole. Space is hard. Though if I were to bet on one, it would be Blue Origin because they haven't done as many wild ass design decisions that have the potential to scuttle the whole project.