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by ajross 1277 days ago
OK, but to be fair[1], that's what we want, right? Our thought leaders should change their minds when they turn out to have been wrong, and correct. pg is doing good here, and that needs to be celebrated and not mocked. We all get stuff mixed up.

[1] And for the record I think pg indeed ignored WAY too many red flags for WAY too long in this particular case.
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BryantD 1277 days ago
Absolutely. I'm glad to see this.

If I was a friend of his, I'd suggest that it's a good chance to think about why he was convinced Elon would do well and adjust as necessary, but it's also quite possible that he doesn't feel like he's obliged to do that self-examination in public. And he's not.

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phlakaton 1277 days ago
It looks to me like he might still be ignoring those red flags. Like I said elsewhere, PG can be an inspiration and still be wrong about a whole bunch of things.
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