I don't see why there's any stake in Musk being called a "genius" versus just a very, very smart guy or 'brilliant'. He's obviously super bright, and it's obvious that he's also 'on the spectrum' with some countervailing issues of personality.tech37 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:09 amEinstein & Fermi, sheesh!... talk about an anachronism. Both incredible minds no doubt but you need to consider the time periods they lived/operated in as compared to Musk.Kismet wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:33 amvery smart, yes. Genius? Not so sure.tech37 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:37 amMusk is an eccentric genius, eccentric enough to get involved politically whether he wants to or not. IMO, he's also a national treasure. He's our eccentric genius.kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:20 am Musk shines light on the Hopkins agenda:
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/174545576 ... mfE5ey8-Lw
The best response:
"Imagine the privilege of deciding who has privilege."
Perhaps the fanlax Musk haters would prefer if he was a citizen of Moscow or Beijing
When I think of genius, Einstein comes to mind. Very low key, quiet and thoughtful....but, oh those thoughts
Fermi and Feynman in the same class.
Who's to say that in today's social media scene Einstein wouldn't be some sort of cultural/political influencer aside from his main interests. And who's to say Musk wouldn't have flourished in an earlier "very low key, quiet and thoughtful" environment?
Suggest you rethink...
Brilliant people does not equal wise people, nor does it make them good people or bad people. Just brilliant.
And Musk definitely has some self-destructive aspects of his personality. Putting aside his issues in his family, he's definitely let his ego and impulse control problems blow huge economic value in a very short period of time.
And, unlike some of his other endeavors, where I think history will look kindly upon his contributions in the advancement of technology to th benefit of society, I think he's become a paragon of some of the worst of what social media has wrought in society... and he keeps making it worse.
Twitter was actually attempting to figure out how to address the downsides of social media when they were acquired, and Musk blew that all up, pretty transparently based on his own rage at having been limited in his own egotistical spewing by rules of decorum and law. And thus it's a worse cesspool of anger and divisiveness now than what Twitter was trying to clean up from prior to purchase.
I hope at some point he has an epiphany and realizes that he took the wrong path with Twitter and either sells it, allowing someone else to rebuild it, or closes it down. In either case, turning his attentions to other areas in which he can have a more positive impact.