[delecti]

> And it also doesn't take a genius to make changes a little slower and more conservatively

This is what gets me. He's basically speedrunning a world-class demonstration of the lesson of Chesterton's fence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton#Chesterton's_...

[strangattractor]

What we have here is a failure to communicate - Musk suffers from Tony Stark Syndrome which is caused by excessive exposure to Ayn Rand novels, Marvel Comics and Twinkie's.

https://watchfuleye.online/whisky70/2017/8/1/the-one-great-m...

[pvaldes]

If twitter is bleeding money so fast, slow changes of direction are not the first choice

[terribleperson]

A substantial portion (more than half?) of its bleeding is a direct result of Musk's purchase of twitter. The debt he introduced is the bulk of it, but it is compounded by a reduction in advertising revenue.

edit: to make this observation into an actual point: I'm not sure that a situation is a good justification when you're the reason for the situation.

[MivLives]

Great quote for this. And a lot of other situations software people find themselves in.