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Go and watch the videos of him touring SpaceX. He's clearly involved in the engineering.

You just don't want to believe that because it complicates your view of him as a purely worthless arsehole. You can't accept that he's an arsehole and a skilled engineer (or project manager if you want to gatekeep "engineering").






> videos of him touring SpaceX

The marketing videos that he had made?

Imagine him coming up with the spaceship equivalent of the CyberTruck at SpaceX. Even Boeing would seem like being great at what they do at that point…


You read any biography of him any testimonials from people who've been with him. It's well known and obvious he gets into the weeds. THATS why his companies are successful.

This is a fair and balanced view of him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=WYQxG4KEzvo

The video goes into criticism as much as it goes into praise. It's a very accurate portrayal of elon with journalistic integrity.


> It's well known and obvious he gets into the weeds. THATS why his companies are successful.

What about the PayPal stories? Or those are all supposedly “not fair and balanced”?

> It's well known and obvious he gets into the weeds

That’s why the Cybetruck looks like it was draw by a 3 year old?

> THATS why his companies are successful.

Why? You don’t have to pretend you are an engineer to build an extremely successful company as CEO while having significant impact on the products it designs. Just look at Apple.


>What about the PayPal stories? Or those are all supposedly “not fair and balanced”?

What stories?

>That’s why the Cybetruck looks like it was draw by a 3 year old?

So? This doesn't serve to disprove my point. Elon gets into the weeds. Your opinion of it doesn't change the success of the company and the technology.

>Why? You don’t have to pretend you are an engineer to build an extremely successful company as CEO while having significant impact on the products it designs. Just look at Apple.

I never said anything about apple. I said that's why HIS companies are successful. There's plenty of reasons why other companies are successful.

It's a well known fact Elon Gets into the weeds of engineering and tech. Just watch the video.


Nah. Everyday Astronaut youtube channel.



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