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I don’t hate him. I think he’s a sad, small man who makes himself feel big by being a bully and faking technical experience and knowledge. I think his fans conf

I don’t hate him. I think he’s a sad, small man who makes himself feel big by being a bully and faking technical experience and knowledge. I think his fans confuse being in the right place at the right time in possession significant capital as genius. I think he is an incredibly toxic public figure. I think farming outrage and feeding trolls is bad for everyone. I think Nazi salutes are bad. I think that lying is bad. I think abandoning children is bad. I think buddying up with fascists is bad. So sure maybe I miss out on his generous acts but honestly he does enough bad that I don’t particularly care about any good he does. He’s only doing it for himself anyway.

0xDEAFBEAD 1y ago
I read this Musk biography a few years ago: https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-SpaceX-Fantastic-Future/dp/006230125X https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-SpaceX-Fantastic-Future/dp/... I don't think he's short of technical skill. I think he is a genius, and I think he's sincere in his desire to make humanity multiplanetary. I recommend reading the biography to get the facts that aren't penetrating your bubble. I think Musk is going kind of insane due to ketamine abuse, bipolar disorder, and/or whatever caused his father to go insane around his current age. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PaL38q9a4e8Bzsh3S/elon-musk-may-be-transitioning-to-bipolar-type-i https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PaL38q9a4e8Bzsh3S/elon-musk-... https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/ketamine-effects-elon-musk/681911/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/ketamine-...
- jakeydus 1y ago
  You keep saying I’m in a bubble. I read the Vance bio, and the Isaacson one. I came away with very different opinions of him. At least the Isaacson book didn’t leave me with the taste of boots in my mouth.
WalterBright 1y ago
> in the right place at the right time in possession significant capital as genius 1. he created the capital he had 2. he is not the only person with capital 3. the opportunities he saw, no one else did When someone wins the lottery 3 times in a row, it is no longer credible to call it "luck". He's simply a genius.
- jakeydus 1y ago
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  - WalterBright 1y ago
    When I was a wee laddie, my dad bought a Herb Alpert album. I liked the music, and decided I was going to play the trumpet. I took lessons and practiced for 5 years. Making a recording and playing it back, forced me to accept that I had no talent whatsoever for trumpet playing. But I did learn how great a trumpet play Herb Alpert was. His control and tone and musicality is stunning. I could never hope to play like that, but I could enjoy his music and bought all of his albums. Sometimes I'll play one of his songs to a friend, and gush a bit on how good Alpert played. My friends would invariably look at me in puzzlement. They simply didn't know enough about the trumpet to see the skill and virtuoso genius in his playing. I've never heard another trumpet player play the instrument that well.

0xDEAFBEAD 1y ago

I read this Musk biography a few years ago: https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-SpaceX-Fantastic-Future/dp/006230125X https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-SpaceX-Fantastic-Future/dp/... I don't think he's short of technical skill. I think he is a genius, and I think he's sincere in his desire to make humanity multiplanetary. I recommend reading the biography to get the facts that aren't penetrating your bubble. I think Musk is going kind of insane due to ketamine abuse, bipolar disorder, and/or whatever caused his father to go insane around his current age. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PaL38q9a4e8Bzsh3S/elon-musk-may-be-transitioning-to-bipolar-type-i https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PaL38q9a4e8Bzsh3S/elon-musk-... https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/ketamine-effects-elon-musk/681911/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/ketamine-...

jakeydus 1y ago
You keep saying I’m in a bubble. I read the Vance bio, and the Isaacson one. I came away with very different opinions of him. At least the Isaacson book didn’t leave me with the taste of boots in my mouth.

WalterBright 1y ago

> in the right place at the right time in possession significant capital as genius 1. he created the capital he had 2. he is not the only person with capital 3. the opportunities he saw, no one else did When someone wins the lottery 3 times in a row, it is no longer credible to call it "luck". He's simply a genius.

jakeydus 1y ago
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- WalterBright 1y ago
  When I was a wee laddie, my dad bought a Herb Alpert album. I liked the music, and decided I was going to play the trumpet. I took lessons and practiced for 5 years. Making a recording and playing it back, forced me to accept that I had no talent whatsoever for trumpet playing. But I did learn how great a trumpet play Herb Alpert was. His control and tone and musicality is stunning. I could never hope to play like that, but I could enjoy his music and bought all of his albums. Sometimes I'll play one of his songs to a friend, and gush a bit on how good Alpert played. My friends would invariably look at me in puzzlement. They simply didn't know enough about the trumpet to see the skill and virtuoso genius in his playing. I've never heard another trumpet player play the instrument that well.