I really think the tweeting while on acid rumors are true. This is my first exposure to the pedo comment he made. I’m baffled how any non-drugged person over the age of 14 could ever think that was a good idea.
Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’ Year
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#62But, he added, “if you have anyone who can do a better job, please let me know. They can have the job. Is there someone who can do the job better? They can have the reins right now.” I think this hits at the crux of the issue around the performance/behaviour of Musk and other leaders of hugely ambitious companies. And I think it highlights the importance of thinking about what kinds of people it will take to lead the…
A martyrdom complex isn't useful for anyone. Especially for Elon.
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Apollo 1 astronauts were willing participants and very clearly knew the risks. With poorly-designed self-driving cars, everyone is an unwilling participant.
Has a Tesla ever killed a non-driver/passenger (like Uber has)?
Thus far, Autopilot has only killed individual drivers.
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#64But, he added, “if you have anyone who can do a better job, please let me know. They can have the job. Is there someone who can do the job better? They can have the reins right now.” I think this hits at the crux of the issue around the performance/behaviour of Musk and other leaders of hugely ambitious companies. And I think it highlights the importance of thinking about what kinds of people it will take to lead the…
I would really liked for Tesla and Space X to keep the hype down, then we could have discussed here forever technical stuff and not debate the hyped PR stunts.
If they didn’t have hype, they wouldn’t be funded and they wouldn’t get off the ground. Hype is now an unfortunate requirement of any successful company.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
>>Why repeat absurd rumors about billion dollar investor lawsuits? You misunderstand. The calculation is not about a single lawsuit costing billions. It's about potential damages from ALL possible lawsuits from pissed off short-sellers. And that's not absurd at all - it's a real possibility, since Tesla stock is one of the most popular on the stock market.
Not only from short-sellers. Many people bought TSLA at $380 because, you know, funding secured.
Many people shorted TSLA at $380 because, you know, easy money
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#66But, he added, “if you have anyone who can do a better job, please let me know. They can have the job. Is there someone who can do the job better? They can have the reins right now.” I think this hits at the crux of the issue around the performance/behaviour of Musk and other leaders of hugely ambitious companies. And I think it highlights the importance of thinking about what kinds of people it will take to lead the…
> But when I see the hate and vitriol heaped on him, I'm compelled to wonder just what alternative universe people are hoping for.
> Do we actually want Tesla and SpaceX to fail?
This is an issue for anyone trying to change things, haters hate anyone successful and do just want them to fail.
Elon does also though have a ton of fans (of which I'm one) so he does get the benefits too.
But the haters don't seem to bother him, it's just the short sellers who could bankrupt Tesla. But that's their job.
Also though this stress seems to be more about Tesla than SpaceX which is still private and plus it seems that Gwen Shotwell is able to take a lot of the decisions there.
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#67But, he added, “if you have anyone who can do a better job, please let me know. They can have the job. Is there someone who can do the job better? They can have the reins right now.” I think this hits at the crux of the issue around the performance/behaviour of Musk and other leaders of hugely ambitious companies. And I think it highlights the importance of thinking about what kinds of people it will take to lead the…
> But when I see the hate and vitriol heaped on him, I'm compelled to wonder just what alternative universe people are hoping for. > Do we actually want Tesla and SpaceX to fail? This is an issue for anyone trying to change things, haters hate anyone successful and do just want them to fail. Elon does also though have a ton of fans (of which I'm one) so he does get the benefits too. But the haters don't seem to bothe…
> But the haters don't seem to bother him
uh... yeah, sure.
> it's just the short sellers who could bankrupt Tesla. But that's their job.
that's not how this works.
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#68I haven't been the biggest Musk fan but this profile did evoke sympathy from me, and felt far more honest than the persona he conveys via Twitter. I don't get how the board could for so long be OK knowing that Musk is as he is, and not putting a much higher priority in finding a second-in-command. What Tesla is trying to achieve is part personal genius/drive from Musk, but I would expect a huge part of it is good log…
> Is there something particularly hard about finding a qualified COO for Tesla? From talking to a few former execs at Tesla, yes: working directly for Elon.
Gwynne Shotwell seems to be doing that just fine. Surely she's not unique in the world - though I do agree that COOs that meet Elon's bar are probably extremely rare.
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#69His quote on those shorting Tesla stock is a gem: > “They’re not dumb guys, but they’re not supersmart. They’re O.K. They’re smartish.”
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#70Twitter is bad for you.
Repeat that a hundred times.