Humble beginnings were always a key part of the careful crafted persona of the Tesla CEO. There were always holes in the story, but most slipped by without much attention except for the family emerald mine. Musk's father talks about it often; Elon (and his mother) dismiss the accounts. I always considered it a he-said/he-said. Now I learn it's a he-said/he-said-but-he-didn't-used-to-say.
Imagine trying the usual gaslighting approach and, all of a sudden, your own platform turns against your lies by adding a rectifying context section. 😈#ElonMusk $TSLA #EmeraldMine #Apartheid pic.twitter.com/GAjL4u7C71
— jurabilis (@jurabilis) January 11, 2023
I haven't seen the Ask Men piece, but you can find the Forbes interview here.Funny how you apparently know nothing about the emerald mine, yet told Forbes all about it in 2014! pic.twitter.com/z9cpqEduIH
— Paris Marx (@parismarx) January 7, 2023
Another big part of the persona is his supposed mastery of first principles thinking. As with engineering, he has learned the terminology, but he doesn't seem to have a strong grasp of the underlying concepts.
The students of @elonmusk's private school,Ad Astra,getting a lecture about first principles from Elon himself
— 🚀Technodoge🔴 (@astro_greek) January 10, 2023
Source: https://t.co/D36iullTe8 pic.twitter.com/aB7PiB8Rrm
Missy Cummings is an engineering professor and part of the NHTSA. She's also one of the leading authorities on human-autonomous system collaboration.
free speech, bro https://t.co/a4I480ZK2D
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) January 5, 2023
When trying to understand Musk, remember, he has cultivated millions of followers like this.
A successful Starship launch will be the best thing that has ever happened to all of humanity on Earth. @elonmusk
— Teslaconomics (@Teslaconomics) January 10, 2023
Hoping for the best.@SpaceX pic.twitter.com/1rvfXPhV5j
"The greatest human to ever walk this earth" https://t.co/PkoqJaYcSh
— Mark Palko (@MarkPalko1) January 4, 2023
On a related note.
"Only one thing is certain: Tesla no longer has a sense of identity independent of Musk, and it will be dragged along on any adventure he finds himself drawn into. Once you select Ludicrous Mode, it seems there is no going back."https://t.co/Cun6268tjX
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) January 9, 2023
When the CEO is extracting more money from the company than the company is making in profit - "by an order of magnitude" - you've got yourselves a fundamental problem in the company that needs to be removed. https://t.co/H6OfgYEq1G
— CommonSenseSkeptic (@C_S_Skeptic) January 7, 2023
Checking in on Twitter:
NEW: Elon Musk's Twitter has let hashtags used to buy and sell child sexual abuse material continue to thrive, despite his claim that addressing child exploitation was his top priority. https://t.co/zfrctFOuTR
— Benjamin Goggin (@BenjaminGoggin) January 6, 2023
How Elon Musk chose to mark January 6th pic.twitter.com/C5AvvsVohC
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) January 6, 2023
This is hysterical. Elon Musk is trying to claim he wasn’t personally responsible for recent layoffs at Twitter, while simultaneously claiming the potential jury pool is biased against him because he laid them off. You reap what you sow, bud. @C_S_Skeptic pic.twitter.com/8pKLwKdZ7M
— 👁 (@dimas_______) January 9, 2023
Musk made a lot of big claims about the reliability of the Tesla Semi ("a million miles" got thrown around). There already appear to be at least two or three breakdowns, which seems like a lot given the small number of trucks on the road and the small number of miles driven.
Hard to believe this Semi already has a million miles on it. Seems like just yesterday they were delivered to Pepsi. $Tsla pic.twitter.com/p3t5AkI1VE
— Prestige Worldwide (@DobackHuffInc) January 5, 2023
Got to give it to @tesla for keeping hard-working tow truck drivers in the business. $TSLA
— SilentAlert (@SilentAlert1) January 9, 2023
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I'm all for electrification however not a fan of @elonmusk statement:
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"tested for 1 million miles and 0 breakdowns". pic.twitter.com/dwYdkWqTLb
Considering Class 8 trucks routinely go 500k miles without much more intervention than scheduled maintenance, they really are changing trucking https://t.co/rBIFECTZT5 pic.twitter.com/a3qd9fV3tU
— CodyL (@codylusnia) January 8, 2023
Some important points about perceptions of regulation from the guy who wrote the book on Tesla.
at CES last week I overheard some suit-wearing bros talking about how the las vegas loop teslas would all be self-driving as soon as they get government approval...https://t.co/z9bl34XoFf
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) January 10, 2023
the wild part is that people are most scared of the obvious autonomous vehicles, with all the crazy sensors hanging off them... thing is, the teslas you don't even notice are where the real danger is, by farhttps://t.co/y6tHTQp6VA
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) January 10, 2023
Niedermeyer also has a great take on the Boring Company's biggest achievement.
The Las Vegas Loop is basically the transit version of Tesla's tent-based manufacturing system: an aesthetics-driven futurist vision that has collapsed into a state of self-parody that can only barely stagger forward with an unending supply of human labor. Big failed state energy pic.twitter.com/6hs5921hNI
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) January 8, 2023
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