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Re:Musk SEC Filing by KerrAvon on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:43AM (#31641931)
You say this as though creativity is the exclusive attribute of a billionaire who got really lucky during the dot-bomb era (and has since had to rely on government assistance for both of his “successes”).

There are thousands of people smarter than Musk in tech but who didn’t have his money and connections. Give his billions to those people and you’ll get a thousand Teslas.

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Re:Musk SEC Filing by gammabetadelta on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:59AM (#31642140)
I'm sure there are thousands of people smarter than Musk.

Intelligence is necessary but not sufficient. In fact, being a little too smart is quite detrimental to success.

I almost want to say intelligence is orthogonal to running a company but that wouldn't be true. You have to have some intellect, anything above that is not that important.

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