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Belafon8/30/2017 10:05:31 am PDT

re: #360 alloutofcrazyhere

I like Musk, I really do, but this hero worship of him as some sort of super genius gets old quick. What makes him special isn’t his ideas, which are good, but it’s his willingness to take financial risks to see them through, even if the are unconventional.

A lot of people with his money are more interested in making more of it through political connections, obscene tax breaks, and basically screwing over the “lesser folks.”

He’s not a saint by any means, but at least he’s doing something.

Musk reminds me of the Thomas Edison we’re taught about in school. It’s not that he knew what to try to get the light bulb to work. It’s that he didn’t stop until he got the light bulb to work. Sometimes, you do need to brute force. And, like you said, I admire him for spending his and other people’s money on actual projects rather than throwing it at the stock market.