Ask HN: Has Musk "lost the plot"? I’ve been following him for longer than I remember, and honestly, deep inside I still think he is on the right path despite him being autistic and putting his nose into politics. Do you think we are losing the man? |
Ask HN: Has Musk "lost the plot"? I’ve been following him for longer than I remember, and honestly, deep inside I still think he is on the right path despite him being autistic and putting his nose into politics. Do you think we are losing the man? |
Fame and wealth hath destroyed many a great person too
I guess we'll never know if this was the unveiling of the real person after finally deciding he had enough wealth to lower the veil (fuck you money, so to speak) ... or if the journey changed him into the slivering mess we see today.
Disappointing, either way.
Mr. Hughes contribution however is valued because commercial aviation as an industry succeeded and with all his flaws he was part of it.
The jury is still out on all industries Musk is involved in namely: Electric Vehicles, Commercial Space Exploration and AI.
If they flop or the public rebels against them it's entirely possible that only the negative flaws of its character will remain as a testimony of his permanence at the top of the Forbes 400
Imagine trying play whale songs on a harpsichord.
but here's some facets of audiences i notice on most people, and my takes on it.
- people who think elon is no inventor, that he just hires people and takes credit of their work. i do think he clearly can spot talent and create environments for these people to work effectively and efficiently.
- people who think elon is so rich in cash, that he should just start giving money away. i think yes rich, but not cash rich. most of rich people's assets are on paper, and most use it as collateral and take loans against it to fund other projects.
- people who think elon is out to censor them. i think X hits a balance of freedom and audience size here. platforms like fb, ig, yt, tiktok are for general audience with a lot of limits. threads, bluesky, mastodon have the least restrictions but less audience. X has some restrictions but the maximum audience.
- people who think elon's projets are useless, that electric cars are useless, building rockets is pointless, that chips shouldn't be planted on humans. i think not.
- people who think elon is far right. i don't think he is, specially the recent discussions about immigrations. he was center-left before, and now i think he's center-right. i think he's really doing a great job using X as a platform for both far-left and far-right to talk about things and find a middle ground.
i think the funniest bit was when one side wants to fully allow immigrants, while the other side wants to fully ban immigrants, then both centers of the side are the ones who want to hit the sweet spot of allowing immigrants BUT filtering them carefully for qualifications on what value they can bring to the country.
then days later, all sides are in unison and in agreement because some kids are getting gang raped in Europe.
X is free, i paid for it, i think i still owe it some money.