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Re:Getting Back to Work by holler on Sunday May 10, 2020 @02:41AM (#23130749)
> but he has a considerable chance of success...

Wait a second, by all measures this billionaire is _already_ successful, no? How could anyone claim the contrary?

Re:Getting Back to Work by ben_w on Sunday May 10, 2020 @06:54AM (#23131669)
Money on that scale is of a very different character to money as normal people understand it.

It’s more like being a medieval king: to the extent that you’re the shareholder, your wealth is the “nation’s” wealth; your guards are paid for out of your pocket; and you can be drawn into conflicts that lead to you losing everything.

It’s that latter part that I’d be worried about with Musk. He took a very big gamble with SpaceX, and if one more launch had failed in the early years, he would’ve become a mere footnote on someone else’s Wikipedia page. The concern is he might make similar gambles in future.

Re:Getting Back to Work by gherkinnn on Sunday May 10, 2020 @05:13AM (#23131312)
Depending on how it ends.

Will he be reduced to a mad man shouting on twitter, with nothing left to his name but failed enterprises?

Or will he carve the moon in his image?

Re:Getting Back to Work by ebcode on Sunday May 10, 2020 @04:42AM (#23131186)
The success he's referring to could be the success of Elon's vision, rather than Elon himself.