Re:I think US college education is nearer to collapsing than...
by derbOac on Sunday March 20, 2022 @10:32PM
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8. Lots of money.
Re:I think US college education is nearer to collapsing than...
by WalterBright on Monday March 21, 2022 @01:16AM
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Lots of people have lots of money. None of them are doing what Musk is.
Besides, although Musk was born into wealth, there's no evidence on his wikipedia page that he had access to it:
"working odd jobs at a farm and lumber-mill" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
"Musk says that before the company became successful, he could not afford an apartment and instead rented an office and slept on the couch and showered at the YMCA, and shared one computer with his brother."
He made his initial money on an internet startup. Nothing wrong with that.
Re:I think US college education is nearer to collapsing than...
by wolverine876 on Monday March 21, 2022 @07:10PM
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Wikipedia quotes Elon Musk saying something, and we take it at face value? Let's apply some collegiate (or otherwise) critical thinking about our sources.
LOL. C'mon, Musk builds rockets, electric cars, robot trucks, and tunnel boring machines. How much more Tom Swift can one get? Ok, Ok, I admit he hasn't yet built a Jetmarine or an Atomic Earth Blaster.
> You surely know people smarter than him who didn't acquire the mass amounts of money
I've never met Musk, so cannot attest personally to his smarts. But I've met plenty of very smart people.
But smarts alone simply isn't good enough to do what Musk does. You'll also need:
1. excitement
2. interest
3. drive
4. willingness to try impossible things
5. perseverance in the face of enormous obstacles
6. a thick skin for being laughed at
7. a willingness to continue in spite of withering criticism and vomit