Elon Musk Visionary Debate

I think because the goal posts keep moving with technology. The number of people who have ever combined knowledge from multiple domains into a useful thing may be small relative to the general population, but it's been done. The first time it's impressive. Then others add different ideas and concepts. Then everyone can do it and it feels old.We've also seen all the news from Google about their efforts and the pain points that they are experiencing. And this guy cobbles some stu

bringing money to smarter people to actually build things is huge! even if that is all he did, why do we down play that?

The first part works because otherwise reusable rockets wouldn't have been invented (or maybe they'd have been invented 20 years later). It's the same as Steve Jobs, the Android guys were still making prototypes with keyboards until they saw the all screen interface of the iPhone. Sometimes it requires a single individual pushing their will through an organization to get things done, and sometimes that requires lying.

Such behaviour is off putting to many geeks, myself included. Still i'd disagree. He had a vision, followed it and made it a reality.

This is like attributing the invention of phones to steve jobs and electric cars to elon musk.And I wouldn't be too surprised if somebody did it on HN.

I am trying to help entrepreneurs succeed. That is all I am trying to accomplish. But, with the rigid mind which you have got, anybody doing any good and anybody doing anything new will look a scam to you. Elon Musk must be a scam to you few years ago. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs must be scam to you too. If you don't believe in something, it does not mean anything.Someone is always doing something somebody else said was impossible. Try trying.I wish good look to you. You have got a good

This! Amazes me everyone thinks he’s the brain behind the incredible technologies his companies create.

Isn't the first step in reaching for a goal to announce it so people will hold you to it?I feel that saying, "So far I've seen him put a rocket in orbit and land it again" is along the lines of when you come up with an invention called the potato peeler and everyone says, "But isn't that just a dull knife?".People constantly downplay new ideas, they're only recognizing the similarity and not the genius the slight alteration an existing invention offe

Chomsky is just not as smart as effective as some other people.Many people thought:1. Elon Musk was a Silicon Valley software guy that couldn't possibly build electric cars or rockets.2. The Wright brothers were a couple of bicycle mechanics that couldn't possibly build a real flying machine.3. Steve Jobs was a right-place right-time washed up has-been that could not revive Apple and certainly could not make it the most valuable company on earth.History is full of exampl

There are not many people in the world who can take an idea and generate $billions with it. Even if they crash, you don't just throw those people under the bus. You can debate whether or not they conform to some specific ideals of success, but I'd hardly call him "chaff."