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Comment by microtherion | Hacker News Reader

"a diamond-shaped factory of outlandish proportions is emerging from the sweat and promises of Tesla CEO Elon Musk"

I can't help being reminded of the Bertolt Brecht poem:

    Who built the seven gates of Thebes?
    The books are filled with names of kings.
    Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?

https://allpoetry.com/A-Worker-Reads-History

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As with everything, there is not one single cause. However, if you ask which cause of the gigafactory was least interchangeable with the rest, Musk seems like as good a candidate as any.

Ask yourself this, would spacex or tesla exist if Elon Musk weren't here?

Not OP, but he's not saying Elon doesn't deserve credit, he's just saying he doesn't deserve all the credit. The quote makes it sounds like Elon himself build everything alone, rather than being a successful leader, as well innovator.

To be fair, Tesla existed before Elon took over it.

It's similar in concept to comparing Starbucks before and after Schultz. The before and after companies have practically nothing in common.

Ask yourself this. Would Elon Musk be here if there was no...business opportunity?

Now you know your true lord to bow down...

no ask yourself THIS: would elon musk have done any of this if he were married?

How is the factory diamond shaped?

It's shaped like a diamond which has been cut into a factory shape.

It's octagonal in plan. Gems are sometimes cut to have that shape, though I don't think anyone would associate it with diamonds.

beautiful poem, thanks for the pointer!

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