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How are you feeling about the first Trillionaire?

10 points by dwa3592 4mo ago

drob518 4mo ago
IMO, Elon is this century's Howard Hughes.
- MrGrinchh 4mo ago
  Kinda, other than the fact that Elon musk has fourteen children and Howard Hughes had zero.
  - drob518 4mo ago
    Zero that we know of. But back then you tended to hide your bastards.
    - dlcarrier 4mo ago
      Probate courts dug pretty deep after he died, and no one had any reasonable evidence of being his child. Nowadays they'd use DNA, but I doubt it would've made a difference.
- dotcoma 4mo ago
  And this century’s Charles Ponzi.
root-parent 4mo ago
"Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of killing poor children by cutting foreign aid" - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bill-gates-accuses-elon-musk-killing-poor-children-says-s-giving-away-rcna205566 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bill-gates-accuses-elon...
- robberat7 4mo ago
  alternate title : Trillionaire cuts millions in funding for poor people.
- dwa3592 4mo ago
  I wonder if there is any evidence linking the ebola outbreak to the reduction in aid.
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rvz 4mo ago
Would you rather: A: Have $100M - $1BN in cash without a calendar full of meetings and you have the freedom to control your time. B: Have $800BN - $1TN in stock which you cannot sell and you have a calendar full of daily meetings, zero breaks, and you can’t retire or speak freely because you carry a lot of market risk to your shareholders?
rationalist 4mo ago
It's not cash sitting in an account. It's completely meaningless and just used as a political lever IMO. He didn't steal $120+ from every person on earth, he created a trillion in "value". We aren't poorer for Tesla and SpaceX existing. For what it's worth: I have no financial interest with any of his companies or own any of their products. I feel like I'm neutral third party. So how do I feel? No different than before he was a "trillionaire".
- dlcarrier 4mo ago
  Also, an IPO makes the value of a company public, but doesn't necessarily increase the value, so the IPO just made it clear that he already was a trillionaire.
mdotk 4mo ago
Absolutely fine.
abdelhousni 4mo ago
it looks like a nazi, kills millions like the nazis, even salutes like the nazis... Our pattern recognition seems lacking...

10 points by dwa3592 4mo ago

drob518 4mo ago

IMO, Elon is this century's Howard Hughes.

MrGrinchh 4mo ago
Kinda, other than the fact that Elon musk has fourteen children and Howard Hughes had zero.
- drob518 4mo ago
  Zero that we know of. But back then you tended to hide your bastards.
  - dlcarrier 4mo ago
    Probate courts dug pretty deep after he died, and no one had any reasonable evidence of being his child. Nowadays they'd use DNA, but I doubt it would've made a difference.
dotcoma 4mo ago
And this century’s Charles Ponzi.

root-parent 4mo ago

"Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of killing poor children by cutting foreign aid" - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bill-gates-accuses-elon-musk-killing-poor-children-says-s-giving-away-rcna205566 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bill-gates-accuses-elon...

robberat7 4mo ago
alternate title : Trillionaire cuts millions in funding for poor people.
dwa3592 4mo ago
I wonder if there is any evidence linking the ebola outbreak to the reduction in aid.
- deleted 4mo ago
  [deleted]

rvz 4mo ago

Would you rather: A: Have $100M - $1BN in cash without a calendar full of meetings and you have the freedom to control your time. B: Have $800BN - $1TN in stock which you cannot sell and you have a calendar full of daily meetings, zero breaks, and you can’t retire or speak freely because you carry a lot of market risk to your shareholders?

rationalist 4mo ago

It's not cash sitting in an account. It's completely meaningless and just used as a political lever IMO. He didn't steal $120+ from every person on earth, he created a trillion in "value". We aren't poorer for Tesla and SpaceX existing. For what it's worth: I have no financial interest with any of his companies or own any of their products. I feel like I'm neutral third party. So how do I feel? No different than before he was a "trillionaire".

dlcarrier 4mo ago
Also, an IPO makes the value of a company public, but doesn't necessarily increase the value, so the IPO just made it clear that he already was a trillionaire.

mdotk 4mo ago

Absolutely fine.

abdelhousni 4mo ago

it looks like a nazi, kills millions like the nazis, even salutes like the nazis... Our pattern recognition seems lacking...