I'm not saying lying is all he did. But his major skill is hype. E.g., you cite his fintech history as something apparently good. But he got rich on that because after a merger he ended up as PayPal's CEO for like 6 months, after which he was fired. His major focus, apparently, was shifting away from Unix to Windows. Which even if it were a good idea at the time (it wasn't), it was a terrible priority for a fast-growing company.
People treating that as some sort of sign of business acumen, as opposed to a golden parachute for an arrogant chump correctly getting fired, is a great example of how good a hype man Musk is.
Because lying is hard work! Ask any politician, clergyman, lawyer, or nearest big corp C-suite leader. Noone said it was easy.
> tell a main paint is wet, and he has to touch it to be sure. But tell him there's an invisible man in the sky that created the universe, and the will believe you
Did you mean "start" as in founding a company or "start" as in purchase established existing companies?
> why work 100 hr weeks when you can just "lie"
Well 60 of those hours are playing wario on SNL then playing wario on twitter then strategizing with your PR firm on how to convince people that buying Twitter means you invented social media.
>blow up VC mna pipline for all the lidar based startup's
Better to blow up lidar pipeline VCs than autopiloting battery fires straight into pedestrians
> why do midwits always
Peak Dunning–Kruger effect I suppose.
Alright I'll go find some wealthy South African emerald mine owners and ask them to give birth to me.