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Not sure how shorting Tesla stock creates value. Yes, Danny Hillis demonstrated how introducing parasites can drive an evolutionary algorithm past a relative maxima [1]. Is Tesla at a relative maxima, or still scaling? Moreover, why is Gates wasting his time as a parasite?

[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/016727...

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Because you have a short doesn't mean that you don't also have a positive position? Sell high and buy low at the same time

> Sell high and buy low at the same time

Maybe there is a damping function in that. All I've read is the rumored short.

Either way, playing a zero-sum game still seems at odds with value creation. Blue shift versus red shift mindset. Based on past value creation, with MSFT and a crucial investment in Apple, Gates shorting a company seems out of character.

> Either way, playing a zero-sum game still seems at odds with value creation.

Tesla is very volatile... if you sell at all-time-high and buy shorts at the same time doesn't seem very risky

Yes. I played that game for a while: shifting value around. Making value is more satisfying. No judgement; merely personal preference.

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