Blog Credo

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Saturday, December 23, 2023

Elon

 I remember several debates I have had with students about Elon Musk. To me, he has always been the poster-manchild of Silicon Valley corporate culture toxicity. "Move fast and break things." He's a classic "born on third base and thought he hit a triple" asshole. I think SpaceX has done some decent work and Tesla is a helluva battery company.

It's not a good car company. And as Albert Burneko explains, it's precisely because it's a prime example of Silicon Valley corporate culture toxicity.

Musk has already cratered Twitter as a cultural force. His rockets keep exploding. Now his cars are imploding.

How the fuck is this yegg the richest guy in the world?

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