AI summary:
Elon Musk’s stance as a champion of free speech faces scrutiny due to his Twitter platform’s direction. While Musk’s purported dedication to transparency is questioned, his efforts to shape Twitter into an all-encompassing control hub have raised alarms about heightened surveillance and control. Appointing a content suppressor further fans doubts. While Musk has supported censored individuals, he’s also accused of exacerbating divisions. Kanye West’s return involves adhering to restrictive rules, sparking worries about constrained expression. The notion of Musk as a free speech advocate is contested, with his actions and intent arousing skepticism. Amidst a shifting Twitter landscape, suspicions grow regarding Musk’s role in fostering genuine expressive freedom.
Elon Musk is full of shit about everything.
Always has been
It’s literally how he makes his money.
Make huge unbelievable claims -> Claims get circulated by media -> Media gets recirculated by investors -> Stock is pumped up and sold -> Repeat
Not literally everything. SpaceX is the only company to reuse an orbital first stage rocket, and they’ve done it hundreds of times. That’s a damn impressive engineering accomplishment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reusable_launch_vehicle#List_of_reusable_launch_vehicles
Tbh that says a lot more about the people at SpaceX than it does about Musk
Yes, but he organized and funded those people. That was not a trivial task.
They were organized and funded by NASA, not him, like everything else he just takes the credit for others work
I suppose, but a manager could have done the same thing. He is doing it because he thinks he can get into the history books.
When has a “manager” ever persuaded world-class engineers to stop what they’re doing and build something cool? Who cares about words in a history book, when you have a fleet of autonomous fire-breathing metal monsters?
I think Elon’s been a total douche since the “pedo guy” comments, but that doesn’t invalidate his past accomplishments.
fair. But as far as I understand, he hasn’t done anything significant by himself since SolarCity (if the boring company doesn’t count, because wtf why would you just move traffic underground I could rant about this for hours sorry)