Delivery matters.
And thus, it's not bad to idolize those who actually deliver -- even if they got the ideas from elsewhere or there were lots of crappy priors...
But even disregarding that, I think OP was referring to how certain segments of the media hang on Musk's lips, as if he is some sort of tech-messiah.
And I don't want to take any praise away from him, the man has done really impressive things. That's not it.
It's just that there seems to be a certain type of over-hyping. The idea for magnetic, vacuum-escaped tube travel certainly isn't new. And a last week's reporting of his "we probably live in a simulation"-comment comes to mind as well. That's not a very original thought, yet was widely reported.
So yeah, I agree, delivery matters. But it's not just the delivery that's being idolized here.
In this case yes. But he has delivered plenty already in other fields.
>But even disregarding that, I think OP was referring to how certain segments of the media hang on Musk's lips, as if he is some sort of tech-messiah.
Well, same way certain segments of HN hang on PG's lips etc. People like heroes -- and it's not just the ignorant masses or the "media" that do so.
I wonder if we as humans need to create an untouchable genius image that we can aspire to, and now that our last one is dead, it's Musk's turn.