The following is from a YouTube transcript of this Patrick Boyle video, cleaned up by ChatGPT, but with one word removed to make things interesting.
Well, his main trick was that whenever investors became agitated about a product not being delivered, he would dazzle them by announcing an even more exciting new product which was always right around the corner — one year away from being delivered.
_____ was a master in dealing with the press and managed to convince people that he was the greatest inventor to have ever lived.
The constant announcements of new products managed to distract attention from the shortcomings of the _____ Motor Company.
The new inventions meant that all of _____’s time was consumed working on new and exciting technologies that would change the world for the better.
To his believers, _____ was a savior of sorts.
Shareholders were sometimes frustrated with _____’s failure to produce these world-changing inventions in a timely manner, and he did face a number of shareholder lawsuits over the years. But these were big ideas he was dealing with — inventions that would revolutionize transportation and energy.
Fortunately for _____, most of his investors were believers in his genius. They believed that the great engineer would lift all of humanity up with his wonderful new ideas — ideas almost drawn from the world of science fiction.
The critics would eventually be humiliated when he finally delivered this more efficient and sustainable future.
Boyle has some fun with the visuals here, so make sure to pay close attention.
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