Elon's twitter account is his most valuable asset, and responsible for much of the rest
Yeah, not the hundreds of billions of dollars he has, or the companies he owns.
Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors
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#222Wow, never seen some many 'savvy' takes die in less than 24 hours
"He's not going to join the board" said the smart set.
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> Elon Musk is kind of obnoxious. He lies (or "exaggerates"). > If you hate Elon Musk, consider probing your mind deeply to figure out why. I'm not a hater, but I can understand why others are. Like you said, he's obnoxious. And he lies. Which should be enough justification by itself. But he's also really fucking rich, which is a teeth-grindingly annoying combination. I really admire what he's done for the Electric V…
Lots of celebrities are gigantic douchebags and no one cares. Why do people care with Elon? Why does he have a parade of haters not just criticizing his attitude but also claiming that his work isn't valuable? It's not because "they don't care about EVs or rockets," it's something deeper and uglier.
Celebrities with bad personalities have consequences for it all the time. Elon isn't getting special treatment.
Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors
#224He filed forms that he was going to be a passive investor, and the same day joined the board after discussion that had been in the works for weeks. This is strike two on misleading investors. I haven't seen analysis on whether it was illegal, but I wouldn't want somebody like him on my board even if it succeeded in keeping him from buying up more stock. With him on the outside, maybe he causes more trouble than on th…
> He filed forms that he was going to be a passive investor This was almost certainly done by a lawyer working on his behalf. This strikes me as a technicality of paperwork that is being seized upon by the media as a way to portray Musk in the worst possible light. > I wouldn't want somebody like him on my board In this hypothetical, what is your role (i.e. fellow shareholder, CEO, employee)? I ask because shareholde…
If the difference is not material, then why are there two different forms? Genuine question as this is not my area of expertise
Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors
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> This was almost certainly done by a lawyer working on his behalf. Are you arguing that when he signs his name and certifies that the (short) form is "true, complete and correct" that he is not responsible because the form was prepared by an attorney of his? > being seized upon by the media How did "the media" seize on this? When I last checked, there were zero articles. And even if they had, why wouldn't discussion…
> When I last checked, there were zero articles. Can I introduce you to Matt Levine? A very popular opinion columnist - you can get his column by email even without a subscription to Bloomberg, but he’s one of the reasons I subscribe. His take on this was emailed out midday yesterday and I enjoyed every minute: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-04/elon-m... You can find an archive of columns here: ht…
I personally find this style of writing pretentious, obnoxious and egotistical.
Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors
#226I have obviously missed something but what is the main objection to Musk being part of Twitter's board?
Its a modern incarnation of a billionaire buying a newspaper. Has that ever worked out well? Has it ever been altruistic?
I don't think Bezos' ownership of the Washington Post has gone badly so far.
Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors
#227He filed forms that he was going to be a passive investor, and the same day joined the board after discussion that had been in the works for weeks. This is strike two on misleading investors. I haven't seen analysis on whether it was illegal, but I wouldn't want somebody like him on my board even if it succeeded in keeping him from buying up more stock. With him on the outside, maybe he causes more trouble than on th…
> I wouldn't want somebody like him on my board
It's his board.
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Elon Musk is kind of obnoxious. He lies (or "exaggerates"). But what Tesla has done is insane. It's happened so quickly, and that's leaving aside the rockets. The hard evidence that we can build new things, that we can progress and build a future that's better than the present is so important. If it takes a flawed man to show us that, I'll take it. If you hate Elon Musk, consider probing your mind deeply to figure ou…
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That's part of it, but I think it's more envy driven. He took his winnings at Paypal and bet it all to transform 2 industries. While most of us would have retired, blew it on a mansion and binge watch Game of Thrones in our private theater. Where would we be with electric cars and space right now if he had spent the past 20 years sailing on a yacht collecting supermodels? He could have done that instead.
He shows what's possible and it exposes our inadequacies and sloth. If you're insecure, he is constantly touching a nerve with success after success, his massive fanbase and ever presence in the news.
Re: Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors
#229Earlier quoted context omitted.
> This was almost certainly done by a lawyer working on his behalf. Are you arguing that when he signs his name and certifies that the (short) form is "true, complete and correct" that he is not responsible because the form was prepared by an attorney of his? > being seized upon by the media How did "the media" seize on this? When I last checked, there were zero articles. And even if they had, why wouldn't discussion…
Does it matter? Was there any consequence of filling out a form then doing something different? I have heard it several times already today, but so what a form was filled out wrong, is there any consequence to that that anybody would care about? (I doubt anybody complaining about it actually knows anything about how important it is, it’s just being latched on to because it’s a way to match events with preexisting opi…
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