Anyone who believes Elon has some grand master plan is falling prey to very basic human biases.
We want our billionaires to be competent at what they do so their obscene wealth doesn't seem so unfair.
But they're not. They're idiots stumbling around in the dark, and pretending they're geniuses is about as accurate as anthropomorphizing your cat.
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@cshentrup I also "desperately want to believe that" the sky is blue and gravity pulls me down towards the ground.
@LouisIngenthron you're deeply wrong. read the Elon musk bio. one can do a few idiotic things and still possess genius.
@cshentrup Lmao. I've heard Elon himself speak often enough to know he's an idiot. He talks with smart people and latches on to buzzwords and pretends to have deep knowledge.
Also, fwiw, real geniuses don't need to fire and sue anyone who criticizes their easily-predictable failures.
@LouisIngenthron ah yes it's so easy to become a billionaire.
@cshentrup It really is.
Step 1: Inherit millions from your parents
Step 2: Hire an investment firm
In Elon's case, he used his father's Apartheid emerald mine money to invest in things like PayPal and Tesla, which is where all his wealth comes from. Literally, all his billions come from him giving his daddy's money to the right people, who were smarter than him.
@LouisIngenthron yeah you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. how many works, how his personal story went, etc.
@LouisIngenthron George hotz is an absolute genius and having worked under Elon at Twitter, he says whenever he disagrees with Elon he has to second guess himself because he understands how formidable Elon is. 49 minute mark.
@LouisIngenthron and you desperately want to believe that one can be an idiot and become a billionaire.