[MBCook]

I don’t know about other countries, but we in America seem to have a papal infallibility like thing about the extremely wealthy or successful.

They’re not all geniuses. Some were just born into it or were in the right place at the right time and had the willingness to let someone who knew what they were doing manage it.

But maybe the bigger problem is the transferability problem. You were ultra successful in A, so you must be great for B too, right?

What does Twitter have in common with SpaceX? They both have computers?

There have been tons of moronic ideas in valley in the last 20 years started/run by successful people that cratered. How many things has MS tried? And there must be tons of examples outside computing of people/companies trying to get into new lines of business that flopped hard.

But almost every time we’re surprised. “How could Elon fail?” Then the rationalization starts. “He must have a plan! He’s doing it on purpose!”

Nah. People fail at things. No one’s magic.