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Originally Posted by ssiguy
Elon Musk is an egomaniac who has proven himself more than willing to bend the truth in order to promote both his interests and sense of self importance.
Despite these personal short-comings, the world needs a lot more Elon Musks. Some of his ideas are fanciful, some irrational, some financially unsustainable but all are visionary. Tried, tested, and true transportation dogma will not produce the transportation options that this planet is in dire need of. We need dreamers and people willing to break out of our transportation paradigms and Musk is such a man. Whether his plans come to fruition or not is not the point. The point is that we need to encourage people, government, and businesses to explore radical transportation option and Musk is such a man.
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The LAST thing the world needs is more Elon Musk's. Everybody dreams big, what sets people apart is the ability to actually execute. Don't think there is no cost to Elon's whimsical failures; many billions of dollars have been spent by Tesla and the opportunity costs for such large amounts of money are enormous. How willing do you think people will be to invest more in infrastructure after losing tens of billions in this failed venture?