Major-Tom wrote:Northern Davincia wrote:Everyone has their flaws, but it does not detract from his overall genius.
I don't doubt that he's quite a smart guy, but even smart people are prone to bouts of erraticism and downright stupidity. It happens all the time. He's never really had anybody say "NO" to him before, and that's likely affected him in such a way that he can't process how idiotic his Hyperloop plans are, his nonsensical musings on Twitter, the lack of build quality and downright poor management model that plagues Tesla. They remain profitable solely by name recognition and good PR, and they were able to get profitable in the first place via tons of government subsidies, IE, heavy crony capitalism. I don't see you as a fan of that.
That said, Elon's space-related ventures have been quite successful, and I wish he'd just stay within that capacity, let other people assist him in managing Tesla (since it still is promising), and above everything else, treat his workers with dignity and shut the fuck up on Twitter.
The almost cult-like mythologization of Musk has been a key point for Tesla's marketing campaign, though. You don't see a hyped active fandom forming around Mitsubishi or Ford.