Not in the sense of pure intelligence. That might be someone like Ed Witten, Terry Tao or Michael I. Jordan, but to me, Musk combines - unlike anyone other - intelligence, creativity, vision and so on.Smartest guy on the planet.
He is the ultimate salesman for a liberal audience.Not in the sense of pure intelligence. That might be someone like Ed Witten, Terry Tao or Michael I. Jordan, but to me, Musk combines - unlike anyone other - intelligence, creativity, vision and so on.
100% this.He is the ultimate salesman for a liberal audience.
Like the 40k new Tesla cars? Or the Hyperloop travelling? 'Toys for rich people', JFC.Hes not revolutionizing anything. Hes a CEO who exploits workers and builds toys for rich people. Plus hes an epic win bacon guy. His sycophantic army is insuffurable.
Not sure if he's particularly intelligent in traditional terms, but he definitely has the innovation thing down.Like the 30k new Tesla cars? Or the Hyperloop travelling? 'Toys for rich people', JFC.
He is a CEO who has had some brave moonshot ideas, which everyone thought will turn out to be bullshit and the company would go bankrupt, but it seems that it is going to work.
Intelligence is in different form of shapes, you don't need to be a prodigy in mathematics (though Musk is quite good at it too) to be a very smart man. Being a top innovator (in my opinion the topmost 'CEO' innovator of the last few decades) makes him a very smart man.
That is also what I am saying. Someone like Witten or Tao (or some chess prodigy) will surely score significantly higher in an IQ test, but that is hardly all that matters when it comes to intelligence.Not sure if he's particularly intelligent in traditional terms, but he definitely has the innovation thing down.
Let's talk about hyperloop then. How is that in any way practical?Like the 40k new Tesla cars? Or the Hyperloop travelling? 'Toys for rich people', JFC.
He is a CEO who has had some brave moonshot ideas, which everyone thought will turn out to be bullshit and the company would go bankrupt, but it seems that it is going to work.
Intelligence is in different form of shapes, you don't need to be a prodigy in mathematics (though Musk is quite good at it too) to be a very smart man. Being a top innovator (in my opinion the topmost 'CEO' innovator of the last few decades) makes him a very smart man.
He is also cool
Not that fitI liked him until he started going out with Grimes. Now I'm just pissed off that this guy is going out with this girl
To be fair it is quite likely that Tesla will be bankrupt in a couple of years unless they suddenly work out how to make the model 3's. The latest news about them making only the more expensive ones due to the loss they would make on the lower ranges of the model don't sound great (with Musk even mentioning that selling the base model would destroy the company at the moment).He is a CEO who has had some brave moonshot ideas, which everyone thought will turn out to be bullshit and the company would go bankrupt, but it seems that it is going to work.
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The revolutionary war was fought to make workers equal with managers and the us won and that's why there are no more managers and all workers live in harmony and get equal compensation
I have been hearing this for the last 8 years, it is not going to happen. Also, someone quite high in one of the most expensive brand of cars, told me that according to him, Tesla will essentially kill the competition and is the future of cars. Take it with a pinch of salt from a guy in the internet.To be fair it is quite likely that Tesla will be bankrupt in a couple of years unless they suddenly work out how to make the model 3's. The latest news about them making only the more expensive ones due to the loss they would make on the lower ranges of the model don't sound great (with Musk even mentioning that selling the base model would destroy the company at the moment).
Toyota, Nissan and VW are already releasing electric cars that have the range and price of Tesla's model 3 before Tesla can even get their Model 3 into a sustainable number of production units. And they were way behind. These are some of the world's biggest companies Tesla are competing with, they won't kill them, not a chance.I have been hearing this for the last 8 years, it is not going to happen. Also, someone quite high in one of the most expensive brand of cars, told me that according to him, Tesla will essentially kill the competition and is the future of cars. Take it with a pinch of salt from a guy in the internet.
Unless your guy is an oracle this kind of predictions are impossible to make at this stage. In fact , it is the other way round that is more probable. The difference between this and other market disruptions is that this one requires immense production know-how and base, in order to actually be commercially viable. The other auto manufacturers will either purchase or develop in house the battery technology, and provide a cheaper alternative.I have been hearing this for the last 8 years, it is not going to happen. Also, someone quite high in one of the most expensive brand of cars, told me that according to him, Tesla will essentially kill the competition and is the future of cars. Take it with a pinch of salt from a guy in the internet.
This is really interesting and probably a justifies a discussion in a seperate thread. When I look at what VAG is doing in China and the future potential there, combined with the billions they are putting in the developments of electric vehicles and the infrastructure they already have in place I would say no chance. And VAG isn't their only competition, same goes for the other giants.I have been hearing this for the last 8 years, it is not going to happen. Also, someone quite high in one of the most expensive brand of cars, told me that according to him, Tesla will essentially kill the competition and is the future of cars. Take it with a pinch of salt from a guy in the internet.
It's not so much that she's fit (which she is), but more how dweeby he is and cool she is. He's not even geek chic, which I can't believe I've just said tbhNot that fit
His employees have the innovation thing down.Not sure if he's particularly intelligent in traditional terms, but he definitely has the innovation thing down.
They've got the technical thing down. You still need someone who is audacious enough to operationalize the weird projects that Musk has taken on.His employees have the innovation thing down.
"With production, 1st you need achieve target rate & then smooth out flow to achieve target cost," he wrote. "Shipping min cost Model 3 right away wd cause Tesla to lose money & die. Need 3 to 6 months after 5k/wk to ship $35k Tesla & live."
Is your google broken?What is this guys background exactly? It seems to me at least that he has just appeared over the past few years and is now in the news every week, whether it be Tesla or going into space. How did he acquire this status, and is he really this news worthy to be reading about him every few days?
-PaypalWhat is this guys background exactly? It seems to me at least that he has just appeared over the past few years and is now in the news every week, whether it be Tesla or going into space. How did he acquire this status, and is he really this news worthy to be reading about him every few days?
His point was more like Tesla have started earlier so are ahead of the competitors, in addition to they are making more batteries than the rest of car compankes combined, so they can scale their production unlike others.Unless your guy is an oracle this kind of predictions are impossible to make at this stage. In fact , it is the other way round that is more probable. The difference between this and other market disruptions is that this one requires immense production know-how and base, in order to actually be commercially viable. The other auto manufacturers will either purchase or develop in house the battery technology, and provide a cheaper alternative.
SpaceX is a case in point, he was seen as a bit of a fringe nutter for wanting to take that on in the early days by the business community.They've got the technical thing down. You still need someone who is audacious enough to operationalize the weird projects that Musk has taken on.
He can code, is essentially living nowadays in Tesla's factory, and at the early days of OpenAI, many of the workers were directly reporting to him. Which means that he has strong technical background.SpaceX is a case in point, he was seen as a bit of a fringe nutter for wanting to take that on in the early days by the business community.
He also does have a lot of technical knowledge and is very involved with the engineering side.
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I mean it’s a nice idea but I’m not sure the general public are in any way equipped to be judging what’s true or not. Trip advisor is bad enough.
He’s gone a bit trumpy on the media
Currently the Audi auto pilot system is the best in the business. This is not a true self driving car as is neither the Tesla auto pilot.His point was more like Tesla have started earlier so are ahead of the competitors, in addition to they are making more batteries than the rest of car compankes combined, so they can scale their production unlike others.
Same can be said about autonomous driving. I chatted once with Tesla's head of research and he was proud to say that they have the biggest army of robots 'he called Tesla cars robots' and so more data than any other company which inevitably makes them have a better product.
I don't think few people seriously doubt that he is extremly intelligent (in the traditional sense) and good at many things. Its an entirely different thing to putting him on a special pedestal like you do. Musk has created a larger-than-live public persona, that overstates his significance.Yeah sure, the guy who co-founded Paypal, and is revolutionizing space travelling, cars, founded the coolest machine learning company in the world and is working on the first new version of travelling in more than a century is a total idiot. Indeed!