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The amount of skepticism here from those who otherwise have nothing to contribute to solving this problem is, at best, asinine.

Is there some kind of glut of initiative and capital being directed to genuinely ambitious "zero to one" projects? If not such harping is utterly pointless. Maybe this project will fail. Who cares? This has historically been a hard problem. Let 1000 flowers bloom.

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On the other hand, SV ecosystem is crippled with "fake it until we make it" mentality, and people doing PR stunts just to raise money and have fun while the illusion stands.

I do agree Elon has proved numerous time he isn't this type of guy, but we've seen failed projects, vaporwares and even crooked CEOs so often that you really can't blame the community for having a higher than normal level of skepticism.

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