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Comment by gafferongames | Hacker News Reader

Do you really think Musk actually does anything of value?

No and I am eagerly awaiting the day I don’t have to hear his stupid name or see his uncanny valley face ever again. Something irks me that the world’s richest man which many people look up to and actively try to emulate is a petulant asshole.

I understand why he’s relevant to this website, I just can’t wait until we don’t have to hear from him anymore.

People with that wealth can do so much good and choose to do so much bad it makes me so sad and angry. Best I can do is care for my friends and family and my community.

I don't know if they are valuable or positive, but as of late he's certainly doing things with impact.

Probably nothing technical but he certainly does provide huge value as a brand and IMHO he is irreplaceable. Who else can convince very rich people invest gargantuan amounts of money into moonshot projects?

If he died tomorrow nothing would change. Sam Altman would just rush in to be the next money playboy with idiosyncrasies.

He's keeping TSLA's stock price afloat with endless bluster. That's worth probably 500 billion on its own.

Most unfireable CEO ever despite very obviously harming the company more than working there. If they replaced him with someone who would actually work for Tesla the Robotaxi/Optimus stories would not longer hold water (probably the first thing CEO would do was reset expectations so they don't get blamed for the lies) and it would quickly be valued way less than Toyota.

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