Re:Elon Musk Gambled Tesla to Save SolarCity
by srumino on Monday August 26, 2019 @04:17PM
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Hating on Musk is popular these days in large part because it is becoming more and more obvious that he is in many ways a con artist. Look at his recent self-driving car promises, for example. I don't believe that he is so misinformed as to actually believe his own self-driving car promises, so I view his over-promising as deliberate deception.
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Re:Elon Musk Gambled Tesla to Save SolarCity
by jayd16 on Monday August 26, 2019 @04:28PM
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This is the guy that thought he could build a leading electric car and space company and then did that.
You don't think Musk believes he can do anything? He always over-promises but that's not exactly the same as a con artist.
Re:Elon Musk Gambled Tesla to Save SolarCity
by srumino on Monday August 26, 2019 @04:33PM
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Do I think that Musk actually believes Tesla will have a fully self-driving car by the end of 2020? No.
Re:Elon Musk Gambled Tesla to Save SolarCity
by mlyle on Monday August 26, 2019 @04:48PM
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He might believe that (which is rather questionable), but extending that to robotaxis at scale... no, I don't believe he believes that. I hope he doesn't believe that.
Re:Elon Musk Gambled Tesla to Save SolarCity
by smallgovt on Monday August 26, 2019 @07:22PM
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Classifying him as a con artist based on his tendency to overpromise and underdeliver is a stretch when taking the colloquial definition of "con artist". Is he telling a lie? Yes. Does his audience, in general, feel "conned" when they realize he overpromised? No.