Ok -- I have no heard these specifics tied to this and I am very much buying it. I used to think is was styling and desire for "adulthood "(i.e. sex etc) that made previous generation look older at the same age. But HFS - sunscreen, leaded gas air pollution, smoking.
They are using writing techniques more like features! Just placing dramatic twists and new emerging problems/questions for the characters in at a pace of every 10-15 minutes. That's about the amount of time before the audience wants a new thing to help capture their interest and pull them forward...
As a screenwriter, there are techniques we use to shape 10-12 minute mini-drama problem arcs within a feature script to keep things dynamic, and have a new twist/ problem/ turn for the audience to keep things dynamic in that form too!
The one I am going to put a marker on as a *poss* exception is Tesla, b/c they are deep into building AI compute now -BUT they are using it to push IRL manufactured objects around (cars, robots) or enhance the deployment/mngmt of physically manufactured systems- Grid Batteries/VPP Powerwall. Thgts?
And it shuts down issues of logic and "you should have" because you have framed it as "it was a time that I was not myself " in an agreed-upon socially-sanctioned way... yes?
oh, and he lacked the savy-ness to understand that the world works such that these kinds of jobs obviously exist when your rich social-circle of friends gives them to you
I think she was like "u are no fun any more" and they hadn't known each other long enough (with enough trust that she wasn't being taken advantage of) to do the obvious thing of her just getting him an easy job that pays a lot more so he had more free time and energy
But the precipice before us isn't "stay pat where we are, or shall we strive for more?... Hmm.". It's -- we may lose this essential, life-saving better-ment of health care in America for millions. So that is not "chill, bro" territory, my man. Not at all. That's a CYA straw man.
But the precipice before us isn't "stay pat where we are, or shall we strive for more?... Hmm.". It's -- we may lose this essential, life-saving better-ment of health care in America for millions. So that is not "chill, bro" territory, my man. Not at all. That's a CYA straw man.
WTF are you talking about? The Republicans were not offered a vote or any part in shaping this American legislation? Only the Democrats had choice and agency flowing through their arms and deal-making human mouths during this (and all) period?
And, tbf with engineering, there are lots of anecdotes from engineers at the companies who are like, "oh, yeah -- that was Elon's idea, actually. It was nuts, and then..." This is not my field, but it seems to have credibility beyond "good at biz"
Oh, yeah -- it's possible he's lost his marbles! We'll see! But that's the business case on why a board would want to compensate him thusly and stick with him!
And if you ask about forward stock pricing... supporters think they win autonomy b/c TSLA makes a car for $28K cost hardware and Waymo makes their car for $150K hardware. That game is already over. And if it's Robots, everyone thinks Tesla will be able to manufacture them at scale at a good cost.
Same with the supercharger stations. Same with the Megapack battery deployments. Same with making space rockets wildly cheaper than NASA, and then also catching them, and then re-using them. It's engineering, manufacturing, hardware execution. The horror of his beliefs and malignancy still all true.
I do not in any way want to diminish the things that are horrific and evil and hateful. But you asked what's the board's busininess case, that's it. No one else made new NASA. Or created consumer electric mass market cars.
The honest answer is that he genuinely has a generational talent for engineering and manufacturing execution. Two things can be true at the same time. You don't accidentally backwards fall into creating both Tesla and SpaceX, no matter how many stories we get about his drug whims and kooky behavior.
The 2022 decision in the Delaware Chancery Court by Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick to make Musk follow through on his offer to buy Twitter instead of paying the $2B penalty for backing out -- in order to be punitive to him -- is a historical fuck up.
And "I had no idea what it was, I was obliterated drunk with my buddies, and we pointed at something in the tattoo shop and then it was done, boom". No. You had multiple days as you continued to get it put on you, after sobering up, to be like, oh, hey what it this?
