Is Elon Musk the greatest visionary or the greatest snake oil salesman of our age?

[xenon]

I once had the thought that the whole purpose of the universe was to make me walk in a certain lift in covent garden at exactly the right time and everything else was just incidental and leading up to that ie all the industrial revolution was just to have the technology to make the lift, and all human socialisation was to make sure that they started living in cities in order that the underground network would be needed so someone would make the lift etc. I'm sure everyone has thought something similar at one time or other.

Why, what happened in the lift?

 

[tommers]

I once had the thought that bread was fungus, but I was off my nut.

 

[Cid]

I wasn't really talking about musk, it was in response to 8ball questioning a specific idea with reference to his own experience. I didn't say anything about politics either.

But there are a lot of autistic young people in mental health services due to profound feelings of alienation. Like you, at one time, in respect of myself, I also explained this politically, from the left, eventually, but I don't so much these days. I met with a 14 year old the other day who spoke in a way that was just so like me, I'd forgotten the intensity of that experience as it's faded as I've aged.

No I know, perhaps a little unfair to use your post as a jumping off point, but there has been a fair bit of discussion as to what effects Musk's neurodiversity might have on his outlook.

 

[Orang Utan]

Why, what happened in the lift?

 

[BigMoaner]

A genius

 

[gosub]

A genius

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Except it ain't the only stock taking a pounding

 

[a_chap]

Except it ain't the only stock taking a pounding

Indeed.

He's making a heroic effort to maintain Tesla's stock price.

Imagine how low Tesla would have sunk without Musk demonstrating what a complete and utter clueless cunt he is.

 

[gosub]

Indeed.

He's making a heroic effort to maintain Tesla's stock price.

Imagine how low Tesla would have sunk without Musk demonstrating what a complete and utter clueless cunt he is.

I'm not saying the sheen hasn't come off Musk but we are in the middle of a full on markert correction

 

[a_chap]

"the sheen"

[pisses pants laughing]

 

[BigMoaner]

Except it ain't the only stock taking a pounding

to be fair, this genius, i.e. me, lol knows almost nothing about stock etc, just checked on my app thing though for the year. I have no idea. but that graph can't be good, right?

explain to me then the wider context? genuinely interested.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I once had the thought that bread was fungus, but I was off my nut.

That'll be the ergot

 

[Raheem]

"the sheen"

I expect The Sheen is busily trying to perfect Musk's speaking voice.

 

[pbsmooth]

All tech stocks are down, albeit not all to a similar extent, due to the economic downturn, war, covid in China, and increase in interest rates, causing a market correction.

 

[gosub]

to be fair, this genius, i.e. me, lol knows almost nothing about stock etc, just checked on my app thing though for the year. I have no idea. but that graph can't be good, right?

explain to me then the wider context? genuinely interested.

Era of near zero interest rates is over. That is going to take some use to hence the correction.

One thing Tesla did manage to do was get itself into the index of top performing stocks...Another thing that seems to be popping cos a lot of the cheap money that ended up sloshing around the markets was in the hands of people whose savy only went as far as 'bet on the favorite' so these stocks became turbocharged in a way that was self perpetuating UNTIL the correction came, at that point just meant have further to fall

 

[BigMoaner]

Era of near zero interest rates is over. That is going to take some use to hence the correction.

One thing Tesla did manage to do was get itself into the index of top performing stocks...Another thing that seems to be popping cos a lot of the cheap money that ended up sloshing around the markets was in the hands of people whose savy only went as far as 'bet on the favorite' so these stocks became turbocharged in a way that was self perpetuating UNTIL the correction came, at that point just meant have further to fall

it really is another form of horse racing, isn't it? betting on rep and form. crazy. horribly enticing though. the crypto shit must be like crack for some.

 

[BigMoaner]

This is interesting because it kind of displays the sort of sophisticated political thinking of a twelve year old who has jsut read Animal Farm. I assume he means he lives in a totalitarian state because social media companies tend to not tolerate out right fascism and racism? Poor little guy, always on the cusp of being cancelled, but bigotting his way on. Grow the fuck up and go touch grass.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Except it ain't the only stock taking a pounding

Most of them aren't dropping by nearly 70% though.

 

[BigMoaner]

So totalitarian that half of the social media world (telegram etc) is a seething cess pit of fascism, misinformation, anti science, bigotry. Don't think the right have ever had such a constant, never ending whining voice.

 

[gosub]

it really is another form of horse racing, isn't it? betting on rep and form. crazy. horribly enticing though. the crypto shit must be like crack for some.

More a casino, horse racing is limited in its verity of entertainments to tickle your fancy

 

[BigMoaner]

This is interesting because it kind of displays the sort of sophisticated political thinking of a twelve year old who has jsut read Animal Farm. I assume he means he lives in a totalitarian state because social media companies tend to not tolerate out right fascism and racism? Poor little guy, always on the cusp of being cancelled, but bigotting his way on. Grow the fuck up and go touch grass.

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seeing this sort of shit, would you ever trust anything this twat has been involved in? It's honestly the type of "content" i was producing lol at about 14.

 

[gosub]

Most of them aren't dropping by nearly 70% though.

True, average is about 25% since last Jan

 

[Orang Utan]

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[BigMoaner]

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that's my face when my daughter explains manga story lines to me.

 

[BigMoaner]

This is interesting because it kind of displays the sort of sophisticated political thinking of a twelve year old who has jsut read Animal Farm. I assume he means he lives in a totalitarian state because social media companies tend to not tolerate out right fascism and racism? Poor little guy, always on the cusp of being cancelled, but bigotting his way on. Grow the fuck up and go touch grass.

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[8ball]

This is interesting because it kind of displays the sort of sophisticated political thinking of a twelve year old who has jsut read Animal Farm. I assume he means he lives in a totalitarian state because social media companies tend to not tolerate out right fascism and racism? Poor little guy, always on the cusp of being cancelled, but bigotting his way on. Grow the fuck up and go touch grass.

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We’re definitely more Brave New World than 1984.

I haven’t read Fahrenheit 451.

 

[8ball]

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Yeah, I think you might be.

 

[story]

No I know, perhaps a little unfair to use your post as a jumping off point, but there has been a fair bit of discussion as to what effects Musk's neurodiversity might have on his outlook.

If we’re going to consider the possible impact of his neurodoversity on his decision making then maybe we also need to factor in the effects of his violent abusive father (who went on to have a child with his own stepdaughter).

 

[8ball]

If we’re going to consider the possible impact his neurodoversity on his decision making then maybe we also need to factor the effects of his violent abusive father (who went on to have a child with his own stepdaughter).

And his terrible time at school.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

This is interesting because it kind of displays the sort of sophisticated political thinking of a twelve year old who has jsut read Animal Farm. I assume he means he lives in a totalitarian state because social media companies tend to not tolerate out right fascism and racism? Poor little guy, always on the cusp of being cancelled, but bigotting his way on. Grow the fuck up and go touch grass.

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We should count our blessings that Musk is such a thick cunt. Think about the evil he could achieve with his wealth if he had a modicum of intelligence.

 

[Red Cat]

No I know, perhaps a little unfair to use your post as a jumping off point, but there has been a fair bit of discussion as to what effects Musk's neurodiversity might have on his outlook.

tbf it is me that has highlighted it, but not to explain any particular view.