No and I am eagerly awaiting the day I don’t have to hear his stupid name or see his uncanny valley face ever again. Something irks me that the world’s richest man which many people look up to and actively try to emulate is a petulant asshole.
I understand why he’s relevant to this website, I just can’t wait until we don’t have to hear from him anymore.
People with that wealth can do so much good and choose to do so much bad it makes me so sad and angry. Best I can do is care for my friends and family and my community.
Probably nothing technical but he certainly does provide huge value as a brand and IMHO he is irreplaceable. Who else can convince very rich people invest gargantuan amounts of money into moonshot projects?
I don't mean literal shooting, obviously. How would you say it in a woke and politically correct way that wouldn't offend anybody? I couldn't find a better phrase, wasn't even a pun. Apologies.
I don't think He's overrated at all but I'm also under impression that he can be done in single shot. One day drinks too much, has some family issue, underestimates or overestimates something and he is done.
I also wouldn't be surprised if some bravado thing he does results in a tragedy and people are done with him. Unplugging a server at the Twitter datacenter can be useful method to see what can be discarded and he appears to be following similar methods that can end up having much heavier consequences.
Most unfireable CEO ever despite very obviously harming the company more than working there. If they replaced him with someone who would actually work for Tesla the Robotaxi/Optimus stories would not longer hold water (probably the first thing CEO would do was reset expectations so they don't get blamed for the lies) and it would quickly be valued way less than Toyota.
