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Does this mean Musk was right?

Yeah it’s a blight of origins I cannot comprehend, to be blunt. Upbringing? Harsh parents? Bullying? Whenever I do see it however it’s a self destructive force, and people who have directly expressed these feelings to me before often have another more sinister feeling to go with it, usually in the sphere of arrogance, contempt, malice, or some sort of righteous indignation that the world isn’t fair. Give these people the opportunity to cast others out, I’ve little hope they would hold themselves back from lashing out at those they perceive as “worse, but seen in more positive light” than them.

Seen as such, these articles do little to show the authors attempting to turn the other cheek as much as they try to justify and reframe their negativity.

> A mentally healthy person, when shown a display of excellence, is impressed, energized, and motivated.

The way I’ve expressed this sentiment before in the context of music was to find hope when I hear outstanding musicians, as my thought was usually, “we now know there is at least one human capable of such expression, so it’s possible for us to reach this level,” or simply to say “such an individual does exist.”

I think the author has deeper seated issues to deal with, especially if they spend time languishing over this, and then writing these posts to justify/circumvent their negative emotional reactions by reframing and then echoing their internal troubles to the rest of us like we need to be enlightened.

Just last week someone was telling me that Hotz is completely irrelevant in the autonomous driving space, citing years of IRC discussions with him. God, how butthurt nerds can be that there are more competent people than they.

I like the exposure Hotz is getting, I think it’s well deserved. Plus the fact that they’re working together shows there are no grudges, just good sensibility in getting shit done.

> But I don't feel inspired when I see extraordinary. I feel disappointed, jealous.

So-called extraordinary people don’t spend their cranial capacity writing coping memoirs of how they fall short of their peers and publicize it for the world to see. If you think a therapist would help you, you may want to talk to one, as jealousy isn’t healthy behaviour and may turn into resentment and worse.