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> As a shareholder of TSLA, I don't want to see Elon Musk smoking weed on YouTube anymore.

Much ado about nothing. One puff when it was offered to him. So what? He was much more affected by the whiskey, but curiously no one has a problem with that. He even made it clear that he doesn't use weed because he feels it affects his productivity. All you're upset about is a nonsensical stigma.

Furthermore, the actual content of the interview was interesting.

Stop trying to turn Elon into a yet another fake CEO.

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I’m wondering if the weed smoking (that no one ought to care about practically/medically) will cause his security clearance to be reviewed/revoked, what impact that may have on Space-X, and what impact that overall distraction will have on Tesla.

Also not sure if Tesla has government contracts of significance where a security clearance would be relevant.

smoking weed is not the problem

the problem is, he said he doesn't smoke weed because it decreases productivity, and then smokes weed anyways.

Nothing he said makes sense anymore

He took one puff of weed on a casual podcast at ~11 p.m. local time. Not certain this is the canary in the coal mine some people are making it out to be... but I guess volatile stocks will find reasons to be volatile?

The problem is that most of the people who run the economy and the Government are still from a generation that views cannabis consumption as dangerous, anti-establishment drug use not appropriate for people they consider as "proper". This view has been codified into law by Marijuana ban laws, and as I realized just today, into banning it from being used by anyone with a security clearance.

As far as we've come with legalizing marijuana and shifting societies perception about cannabis, the vestiges of the old order still exist.

You're absolutely right; but I have a hard time believing this depresses stock valuations with so much smart money out there (by ~20% no less!).

Otherwise I think there's a serious market opportunity to be exploited.

This is not smart money fleeing, it is old money.

Why would all of today’s young engineers, who collectively consume marijuana and concentrates by the ton, suddenly take issue with one of their foremost peers partaking in the same activity? It makes more sense that the older investors who are making a bet on this generation’s promising stallion, in their eyes, are seeing what is to them, aberrant behavior. Given how often and well honored the theme of “older generation not progressing with the times” is, seems much more likely especially when thought in the same context as Occam’s Assertion.

AGAIN, smoking weed is not the problem. I don't mind him smoking weed

The problem is that, he said he wouldn't do X because he thinks it decreases productivity, and then goes and does X.

That's the problem

My point was that I don't think there's a ton of productivity to be lost by smoking 1 puff in the middle of the night vs. smoking a whole joint in the middle of the day.

The "X" in this case has too wide of a range of interpretation to jump the gun on hypocrisy.

For me, eating reduces productivity, as well as drinking alcohol, so I abstain from both while working. The distinction being that while working I modify my behavior to be productive, however, during leisure time I do not have the goal of being productive, I have the goal of relaxation and my preferences now include food and sometimes drink.

> my preferences include food

How long do you go without eating? I find that fasting increases mental clarity.

On average, I work 8-10 hours before eating because I choose to eat in a way that is time consuming. Every meal is cooked using basic cuts of meat and vegetables as they were grown. This takes time to prepare but not much skill. I use my attentive hours to work and choose to cook during my less attentive hours.

The problem is that it was wreckless and unpredictable. How can you trust someone with your money when they are behaving in a way that is unpredictable and careless.

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