I like what Musk has been trying to build, but he seems rather impulsive. E.g. the story about wrecking a super-car with Peter Thiel as a passenger.
There seems to be this assumption that just because he's clearly smart, and doing great things, that he can't also be self-destructively impulsive.
It's a shame, because un-varnished communications are much more interesting than generic corporate PR. On the other hand, he's doing his cause a disservice. He needs to sit back and shut up. His recent comments on the 787 battery, and this internet-esque flame war are at least unseemly, and more likely actively damaging his plans.
There seems to be this assumption that just because he's clearly smart, and doing great things, that he can't also be self-destructively impulsive.
It's a shame, because un-varnished communications are much more interesting than generic corporate PR. On the other hand, he's doing his cause a disservice. He needs to sit back and shut up. His recent comments on the 787 battery, and this internet-esque flame war are at least unseemly, and more likely actively damaging his plans.