When you hear Musk being interviewed you'd certainly have to believe otherwise, he definitely claims he is the brains behind a lot of innovation.
Some of it might be luck, some jobs are more desirable, but it's just how I see things.
I think we're arguing whether or not "greatness" exists or is more something we invent, a mental construct.
I personally think it's more of an illusion and some people are just "lucky" there job is to set a vision while others jobs seem more rudimentary...one can't exist without the other. The rich entrepreneur persona cannot exist without the minions below, and in that sense, it's an illusion to me.
It's actually why I think the conversation was ridiculous in the first place given the subject of conversation. It was a very blaze way to talk about a rather important project...more than anything, I was just having a laugh about how far out humans can get.
Musk is a flawed dude, but the physics behind space-x aren't his weak point.
Can you name some engineering accomplishments that have been done "single-handedly" and thus qualify as real engineering?
I'm actually very curious on what the response to this will be.
You watch someone like Musk and you enjoy the spectacle and the idea of an engineering hero billionaire, or you realise that while he may have brilliant ideas and moments, I find he often fails to acknowledge the fact that he isn’t an island and even if he says things like, “I have a great team” I think it’s not enough because I’m generally one of those people who spends a LOT of time solving problems for other people within a team to help make complicated things happen…I wouldn’t have the time to go on TV half of the time which I why I likely know who is doing the real work.
I'm not sure if you're being facetious here. There are countless examples that exhibit the contrary. Here is one as recent as a few days ago:
https://youtu.be/goT5gW57Chc?t=190
Below are a few (out of many others) prior examples:
“Great job team…thanks for making me trillions”
https://twitter.com/heydave7/status/1536015578091048960
This one , as someone who often reads these types of mails is just a pep talk, to tell someone they respect me more than a rich person isn’t very flattering.
Look I think you just like Elon Musk a lot. I don’t mind him either, I just know almost all of his success is built on the back of a lot of hard working individuals, which I think is pretty hidden behind a dude in XXXL T-shirts
> I’d like to hear a bit more about…
Not everything is about you and the world doesn’t owe you anything. I’m afraid.
I'm saying that I personally believe that Musk can have a pretty large ego at times, I don't find him to be a particularly humble person. I cite the time he injected himself into the Thai Cave Rescue and then called the guy who rejected his ideas a "pedo guy"? That's the type of thing I'm talking about.
Whenever I see him interviewed I can't help think of all the smart people who help him become that successful...why are you so worried about that?
I think that thread with JD is kind of reflective of my feelings. It's a blasé way to talk about a fairly large scale project which would have pretty big large impacts for a lot of people, including shareholders and employees at the company (Twitter), and to just talk about it like you're inviting someone to the movies seemed funny to me.
It almost just feels like you had that link bookmarked and were looking for someone to send it too?
Questions are how do you get the best people, what do you tell them to work on, and how do you get good results?
What's addressed in your comment? You didn't show any other alternative offering speeds like Hyperloop, in theory, could.
Not sure what you mean by your question about "which designs" - well, Hyperloop. Or do you expect me to hand you a finished project? It's just started. Even bullet trains took decades to get from proposal to project to finished.
(yes I know he's not the engineer turning the bolts on the rocket. There's incredible value in good management and leadership, though - and for that you need to know a lot about what you're doing. )