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Here's what seems clear from the whole thing: 1. Musk jumped to conclusions. For example, he claimed the car was driven in circles with the intent of running i
by ignostic 14y ago
Here's what seems clear from the whole thing:
1. Musk jumped to conclusions. For example, he claimed the car was driven in circles with the intent of running it out of battery. I think the innocent, "I was looking for the charger" explanation made sense. He concocted his own narrow explanations without verifying the facts or asking questions.
2. Broder failed to understand the car and the advice given to him. We can only speculate on the quality of that advice. What Tesla didn't log were the conversations. Broder also trusted the "one hour charge" despite failing to confirm he was good to go, or listen to common sense.
Broder published the article with emotion and without further consulting with Tesla on the cause of his bad experience. Musk immediately claimed the article was done in bad faith rather than checking the facts and opening a dialog like an adult.
The resulting situation is almost poetic. Both Mr. Musk and Mr. Broder's mistakes provide their own unique insights on the importance of understand human communication. I know the crowd I'm talking to puts a lot of stock in the vehicle logs, but we're missing the communication logs we'd need to know what really happened or who said what to whom.
Maybe next time Tesla should log the conversations, too.
- niggler 14y ago"I know the crowd I'm talking to puts a lot of stock in the vehicle logs, but we're missing the communication logs we'd need to know what really happened or who said what to whom." You should read the discussions. I brought this up many times: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5240527 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5240527 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5240237 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5240237 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5228442 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5228442 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5223681 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5223681 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5223448 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5223448 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5222275 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5222275 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5220019 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5220019 You can find these by searching for call logs niggler in the HN Search
- cube13 14y ago>Broder published the article with emotion and without further consulting with Tesla on the cause of his bad experience. Musk immediately claimed the article was done in bad faith rather than checking the facts and opening a dialog like an adult. Broder claimed in his first response that Musk had reached out to him for another go at the trip, once more stations are up. Musk has not denied that that took place, so I don't see any reason to believe that this isn't the case.