Re:Twitter Sues Musk After He Tries Backing Out of $44B Deal
by nebula8804 on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @07:46PM
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I wish we could have a 'free market' of sorts for hyper-scaling hard science companies and their leadership.
This guy has his power and fame because no one (thus far) was able to match the performance of the electric car/space company he created. This aura of excellence attracts the best of the best which he then grinds to dust which perpetuates a feedback loop of top tier design and execution attracting the next wave of top performing people.
Yes you can make arguments that some parts of his organizations may not be up to snuff & playing with fire (Autopilot for example) but overall he is operating in a class of his own and that is going to force the people who want to be part of this (supposed) A-Team to have to put up with Musk as a person.
If there was another Musk that could match him at his own game, and was a lot nicer and respectful then I argue Musk would have sunk himself by now. But as it stands, so many people & institutions are having to tolerate him because they have nowhere else to go. It was the Peter Theil playbook executed masterfully.
This guy has his power and fame because no one (thus far) was able to match the performance of the electric car/space company he created. This aura of excellence attracts the best of the best which he then grinds to dust which perpetuates a feedback loop of top tier design and execution attracting the next wave of top performing people.
Yes you can make arguments that some parts of his organizations may not be up to snuff & playing with fire (Autopilot for example) but overall he is operating in a class of his own and that is going to force the people who want to be part of this (supposed) A-Team to have to put up with Musk as a person.
If there was another Musk that could match him at his own game, and was a lot nicer and respectful then I argue Musk would have sunk himself by now. But as it stands, so many people & institutions are having to tolerate him because they have nowhere else to go. It was the Peter Theil playbook executed masterfully.