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Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives

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Re: Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives

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Elon shouldn't be sleeping or hitting on his employees (see: exposing himself to a flight attendant). She's also on the board of one of his companies and held that position for less than a year before becoming pregnant with his children.

He only comes in contact with his executives. If out of them someone wants to be in a sexual relationship with him, that is their prerogative. A lot of companies have rules to clarify with HR when something like this happens.

Most HR departments don't approve of managers having sexual relationships (or children!) with their subordinates: it quickly becomes difficult to tell if preferential treatment is happening and presents possible legal problems.

Re: Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives

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Can someone please explain what someone like this executive does professionally?

It's in the article — she seems to have had a substantial role at Tesla and Neuralink's AI teams: Zilis is a rising star in Musk's empire. Born in Markham, Ontario, Zilis received her bachelor's degree in economics and philosophy in 2008 from Yale, where she also played goalie on the women's ice-hockey team. A lifelong athlete, she has been pictured on social media surfing, zip-lining, and ice climbing. After beginni…

IIRC there were some ethical controversies around the primate research.

Re: Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives

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When you have unlimited resources to be a helicopter parent and no requirement to do any of the typical parental scaling work of raising them yourself, why not?

Are you asking why not have sex with your subordinate? A whole slew of moral and legal reasons, for one.

From what I see, she's involved with Neuralink and OpenAI, where Musk doesn't hold direct management roles.

It's unlike Tesla, where he’s answerable to public investors about that kind of behaviour.

Just Musk running his fiefdom...

Re: Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives

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When you have unlimited resources to be a helicopter parent and no requirement to do any of the typical parental scaling work of raising them yourself, why not?

Are you asking why not have sex with your subordinate? A whole slew of moral and legal reasons, for one.

Who said they had sex?

IVF, twins, triplets, twins again…

Re: Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

He only comes in contact with his executives. If out of them someone wants to be in a sexual relationship with him, that is their prerogative. A lot of companies have rules to clarify with HR when something like this happens.

Most HR departments don't approve of managers having sexual relationships (or children!) with their subordinates: it quickly becomes difficult to tell if preferential treatment is happening and presents possible legal problems.

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Re: Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's in the article — she seems to have had a substantial role at Tesla and Neuralink's AI teams: Zilis is a rising star in Musk's empire. Born in Markham, Ontario, Zilis received her bachelor's degree in economics and philosophy in 2008 from Yale, where she also played goalie on the women's ice-hockey team. A lifelong athlete, she has been pictured on social media surfing, zip-lining, and ice climbing. After beginni…

I read the article. It’s not clear to me what this person’s job actually entails.

You aren’t familiar with ~director level roles in large tech companies?

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I read the article. It’s not clear to me what this person’s job actually entails.

You aren’t familiar with ~director level roles in large tech companies?

Not especially. If you could clarify that would be much appreciated!

Re: Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives

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Richest man impregnates someone who is hot and willing. Why is this news?

When an unelected person is as powerful as Musk, almost anything he does is newsworthy. It may be nothing, or it may be a warning about the way he will conduct himself when wielding his influence.

In this case, it mostly tells us that he doesn't abide by commonly-held moral and professional standards.

Re: Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives

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High status woman chose to have her children sired by a very smart, very rich, semi good looking man who is over six feet tall. It's unbelievable.

Clearly he placed some malicious code in the brain implants she was testing
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