"At this point, I think I know more about manufacturing than anyone currently alive on Earth"
Imma say no. He doesn't understand mass transit or trains. He doesn't understand market segmentation in autonomous vehicles, and that general purpose vehicle autonomy for vehicles designed for private owners is a long way from a robotaxi. Especially when it isn't an MVP for its intended market yet. He doesn't understand pickup trucks. Every place he's been become convinced that his concepts and his designs are the best, are disasters. Money or ketamine went to his head.
> But to say elon doesn't understand his companies deeply is pure stupidity.
And it wasn’t my argument. You can understand your company without understanding every intricacy of your products. A good example is Tim Cook, who understands operations but not design or programming (and doesn’t pretend to) and yet helms Apple into greater heights (even if I disagree with the direction). A company is not a single person, that’s why you hire.
Furthermore, I wasn’t rude or aggressive towards you, and would thus appreciate the same courtesy. Especially when your vitriol comes from a place of misunderstanding and strawmanning. That is not what HN is about.
Zigurd|6 months ago
Imma say no. He doesn't understand mass transit or trains. He doesn't understand market segmentation in autonomous vehicles, and that general purpose vehicle autonomy for vehicles designed for private owners is a long way from a robotaxi. Especially when it isn't an MVP for its intended market yet. He doesn't understand pickup trucks. Every place he's been become convinced that his concepts and his designs are the best, are disasters. Money or ketamine went to his head.
latexr|6 months ago
And it wasn’t my argument. You can understand your company without understanding every intricacy of your products. A good example is Tim Cook, who understands operations but not design or programming (and doesn’t pretend to) and yet helms Apple into greater heights (even if I disagree with the direction). A company is not a single person, that’s why you hire.
Furthermore, I wasn’t rude or aggressive towards you, and would thus appreciate the same courtesy. Especially when your vitriol comes from a place of misunderstanding and strawmanning. That is not what HN is about.
unknown|6 months ago
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