Terrible article. So now this is somehow Musk's fault that regulators do not allow to build anything.
Regulators didn’t force Musk to claim advances which were already common in the field.
Regulators didn’t force Musk not to ask why everyone else charged more.
Regulators didn’t force Musk not to do any research about legal requirements.
There are valid questions about why American infrastructure projects cost so much more than the rest of the world but that doesn’t mean that Musk’s problems are the fault of anyone but him. He’s good at marketing but as we’ve seen he only turns a profit where he can get a government guarantee and has a team managing his instincts to avoid him screwing up that gravy train on a whim.
> a man that promised to build something cheaper and better
In fact, Musk explicitly went out of his way to say that he was not promising to build it himself.
He said — paraphrasing — "I'm too busy to do this and it might not even work, but maybe someone else can work on it and succeed, so I'm giving away the idea for free."
That it happened is not somehow an argument for paying less attention to tunnel digging projects either (the LCT was done at around peak "NSW government gives stupid handouts to private companies for our infrastructure").
[1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-11-02/balcony-collapses-int...
If society should really do these things is not for him to dictate via Twitter.
Exhibit A: https://twitter.com/michaelmalice/status/1595994522886234112
Exhibit B: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1597058841396797440
Despite his ridiculous antics, I'm cautiously optimistic.
Social media either makes it clear the general public is of immense restraint or too confused to know they don’t really owe carrying around in their heads any of this gibberish and could set aside the assigned work queues and focus on the ignored ones, like infra and healthcare. The government will respond to a populace with twice as many guns as people in a hurry at the slightest whiff of public comity.
Please save us, Musk! … the great white savior complex. Still seeking a high minded savior suggests confused by all the gibberish and noise which is intentional but often ends up being uncontrollable. The code gets deciphered and the old masters get outplayed at their own game. Gen Z grew up digesting this gibberish. I’m hopeful they’re inoculated against it.
I doubt Musk is really a high-minded savior figure. If he's just doing this to make money then that is fine by me.
The public is very aware they don’t deference to any particular individual. Musk, or you. At the end of the day twice as many guns as people in this country.
Those non-NPCs either continue to vote for the people treating them this way and/or continue to behave as if their authority over them is legitimate.
Qualified truth is relative. This is all generic language. You’re hardly saying anything novel. You’re no further beyond the edge of human understanding than I am.
You see it as I “played myself” I see it as you’re another meat bag over stimulated by their own awareness.
Exhibit C: Musk does exactly that. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1597285572699074560