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0 pointsstupidcar9y ago0 comments

Have you read Vance's biography of Musk? He's definitely a flawed individual in many ways, but I don't think he's fundamentally an egotist. Certainly not to the sociopathic degree many business leaders are.

And I think your categorisation of his work as a tech demo is unfair, and uninformed. SpaceX have built rockets that are delivering satellites into orbit and supplies to the international space station, and have achieved reusability. They have played a significant part in building a private sector space industry. These are not tech demos, they are real things. Can you boast any such achievement in your own life?

Likewise, Tesla have built and sold electric cars that people want. They've created a global re-charging network to supply them. And they've been the first company to deploy significant automation into the automobile market on a large scale. These are not tech demos, any more than the gigafactory rising out o the Nevada desert is.

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Cyph0n9y ago

> Can you boast any such achievement in your own life?

That was an unnecessary remark; the commenter never claimed that he/she has achieved more than Musk.

stupidcarOP9y ago

The commenter claims Musk hasn't achieved anything at all, other than give some tech demos.

I'm perfectly entitled to ask what they've achieved themselves that puts them in a position to so casually demean what, by most people's standards, are quite considerable feats.

Cyph0n9y ago

What OP has or has not achieved is irrelevant in my opinion. I think it's better form to just refute the criticism and leave OP out of it. But it's up to you of course.

solipsism9y ago

In the meanwhile you've taken the entire conversation off course to serve as the politeness police.

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jameskegel9y ago

I'm not sure that OP's accomplishments are relevant in this case. You don't have to be above someone to point out mistakes. That is not to say I agree with OP, only that I disagree with your statement.

madeofpalk9y ago

You don't have to be a chef to know the food tastes bad.

AsyncAwait9y ago

For the egoist part, have a look at some of his quotes regarding nationalism, lobbying, competition, the rockets that currently get most of our cargo onto the ISS, simplistic comments on A.I, the way he treats lower-level engineers at SpaceX and Tesla etc. am on mobile, but it's easy to find more info for yourself.

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Cyph0n9y ago

> Can you boast any such achievement in your own life?

That was an unnecessary remark; the commenter never claimed that he/she has achieved more than Musk.

stupidcarOP9y ago

The commenter claims Musk hasn't achieved anything at all, other than give some tech demos.

I'm perfectly entitled to ask what they've achieved themselves that puts them in a position to so casually demean what, by most people's standards, are quite considerable feats.

Cyph0n9y ago

What OP has or has not achieved is irrelevant in my opinion. I think it's better form to just refute the criticism and leave OP out of it. But it's up to you of course.

solipsism9y ago

In the meanwhile you've taken the entire conversation off course to serve as the politeness police.

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jameskegel9y ago

madeofpalk9y ago

You don't have to be a chef to know the food tastes bad.

AsyncAwait9y ago

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