Behind Elon Musk’s Management Philosophy: First Principles

> At Tesla, he also built the automaker on the belief that electric cars could be made affordable.

Should more correctly be:

> At Tesla, he also bought into the automaker on the belief that electric cars could be made affordable, like the actual Tesla founders claimed.

Which somewhat strips some of the 'maverick genius' aura away. I'm not particularly following Space X, but it would not surprise me if his contribution there was more "gull wing doors" and "fart sounds" than first principles engineering.

Make large donation to politician's campaign. Make your social platform a bullhorn for politician's presidential campaign. Join ticket as vice presidential candidate. Get sweetheart deal for your car company's sales.

Then tell everyone that success is based on merit.

https://www.autoblog.com/amp/2023/06/17/ron-desantis-signed-...

Interested to see how this type of thinking will be applied to Twitter.

Since Musk's acquisition last year it doesn't seem like there have been any major new features added to the platform, thought they would have been able to ship something more substantial by now.