First two are slogans, and I'm not sure the last one is necessarily a moral goal.

I have no issue with this guy, but it's odd to me the way people use him as a blank canvas and fill in all the blanks.

Nobody would take any other tech CEO's "make a better tomorrow" directive seriously, so why his?

It's an interesting technique that you can see used in books for young adults, they leave the protagonist fairly blank in many regards so that you can essentially paint yourself in there, or fill in the blanks with what you wish was there.

It probably explains why he attracts the type of people he does and why he has the sort of following he does.

Please note that I am not condoning or denying the support for his moral values, just noting my observations from what I've heard repeatedly.

Most other CEOs speak corporate lingo. Have you heard Satya Nadella or Sundar Pichai speak? It's like their words make a visit to the PR office before leaving his mouth.

> Most other CEOs speak corporate lingo. Have you heard Satya Nadella or Sundar Pichai speak? It's like their words make a visit to the PR office before leaving his mouth.

Sure I did. I also use their products every day and so do billions of people ranging from Downtown Manhattan to subsaharan Africa.

Meme Lord Enron Musk instead managed to get Tesla to account for a paltry 1.3% of all cars globally sold in 2021. He won the lawsuit to obtain control of Tesla in 2002. That's 20 years. 80 quarters. If my math isn't wrong that's 0.01625% per quarter growth rate. Amazing.

Oh an there is a small detail that they are rich people's toys. Badly refined rich people's toys I should add.

But hey at least he post memes just like all of us plebs /s

Look, it's fine if SV wants a politician they can identify with, but at least you guys should come out and say it openly instead of hiding behind the veil of him being a "businessman".

Businessmen don't behave like Musk, politicians do. Autocrats to be precise. He's SV Donald Trump.

I don't think I will respond to your comment just based on how emotionally charged, toxic and unpleasant it is. It is frothing with falsehoods, not sure where to start.

I've seen the rest of your comments, please be nice.

> how emotionally charged, toxic and unpleasant it is

Considering you framed me as toxic I wonder how you frame the guy you are defending, as he is the one who is bullying everybody, committing securities fraud left and right, engaging in pump&dumps and doxxing whistleblowers.

But all that is somehow okay because of empty promises of Mars, FSD or some other technoutopian pipe dream.

It's the same identical blindspot Trump voters had about his character because he made empty promises to do something about China and immigration.

The issues people care about are often exploited by autocrats and fraudsters to gain power and wealth right now while they promise to do something about the issue sometime in the future (and never do).

Fear of death is already starting to be exploited in SV by cryonics companies, but I predict Musk will enter this niche too with Neuralink as it's too juicy of a fear not to exploit.

How does calling a cave diver a pedophile fit into these? Words are just marketing. Musk's actions are more telling.

You forgot "Building Better Worlds".