[csmeder]

Haha, and then in 10 years when He announces X you will say: “since he’s had great success in pioneering self landing reusable rockets, starting a colony on Mars, pioneering the EV market, pioneering Robo taxis, making the first commercial humanoid robots, moving traffic underground, adding computers to people’s brains, he has now fallen for the idea that he can easily repeat that success in other areas like X”

This is going to be a good thread to come back to in 10 years. Maybe I’ll be completely wrong and need to admit I was foolishly optimistic in Musk’s ability, however, my guess is the parent comment will be hilarious/absurd in hindsight.

[itsoktocry]

You will never be wrong, because you will always tell other people "it's coming". That's the whole trick.

Elon promised a coast to coast self driving demonstration 5 years ago, and they are nowhere close. Is that a failure yet in your eyes?

[elurg]

Falcon Heavy was 5 years late but it's operational.

Being more than 5 years late on coast-to-cost self driving does in fact seem reasonable.

[iyn]

Love this framing, agreed 100%. I find it extremely frustrating when people try to murder ideas and shot down any attempt at building something new. I know that being a cynic is easier but come on, isn't it great that Musk is pushing us closer to the future? I have a lot of problems with many of his actions but it doesn't mean I can't recognize positive ones. /rant

[TigeriusKirk]

I'm bookmarking this comment in my browser.

Given how rarely I clean my bookmarks, I'm sure I'll still have it in 10 years to visit. Naming the bookmark "Open 8/19/2031"

[csmeder]

See you in 2031!

[bserge]

Yeah, yeah, but aside from all that, what has Musk done for us?

[libertine]

He provides entertainment for "nerds" like us, to the point of creating feud and division.

And he knows it.

Just to be clear it's nerds from tech, finance, auto, etc.

[moogly]

He's making us all look on the bright side of life?

[pyinstallwoes]

I don't know, maybe Space industry, rockets, and AI?

[mempko]

Ok but global warming though...