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A comment on Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel stepping down. Parent comment

Re:Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel stepping down by ck425 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @07:54AM (#20524602)
Lying is perhaps the wrong word here. Sharing self-delusion is probably a more accurate way of describing it. He genuinely believes many of his own exaggerations. But to be fair without a big dose of self delusion no one would be crazy enough to try these things in the first place.

I take his claims with a massive pinch of salt, while also appreciating that trait is somewhat necessary to solve the problems he's trying to solve.

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Re:Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel stepping down by hyperbovine on Thursday July 25, 2019 @01:32PM (#20527493)
> He genuinely believes many of his own exaggerations.

Either a) he is lying, or b) the CEO of multiple companies worth a combined ~$100b is delusional to the point of being unable to recognize basic facts. Pick your poison.

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Re:Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel stepping down by Faark on Thursday July 25, 2019 @08:59PM (#20531376)
He is CEO of those companies exactly because of his above average ability to make those delusions reality, no matter how impossible people considered e.g. landing rocket stages. I'd prefer him to project more of a visionary image with less harmful/psychotic aspects, but you can only get humans as a complete package and I'd have a hard time coming up with people to replace him.
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