[teekert]

“Don’t ever take ‘can’t’ as the answer unless you’ve verified that it is against the law or against the powers of physics,” Kevin wrote in his memoir.

What a human. Such a great balance of a healthy brain and the confidence to trust it.

[LegitShady]

uber/airbnb: "and the law bit doesn't really count either, if you 'lobby' the right people"

[rlt]

Some laws are unjust, protect rent-seeking incumbents, etc.

[Tossrock]

Interestingly, this sounds like a paraphrase of an Elon/SpaceX quote, something like "if you want to win an argument, you better have Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein on your side."