He has done a good job and intentional job of making it seem like he was - and both original founders left soon after he started making active moves as an investor. I've been a big fan but this series of videos is tempering my understanding: [this video]
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Hyperloop is very much a con job. "Full Self Driving is just a year away" is very much a con job. The cybertruck is a con job. The Tesla Semi is a con job. The tesla robot is a con job. [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] Mark Spiegel: Elon Musk is ‘a pathological liar’ [link] The Fake Futurism of Elon Musk [link] DEBUNKING ELON MUSK Pt1 [this video] The HYPERLOOP Will Never Work, And Here's Why [link]
Neither the sale of Zip2 nor the success of PayPal had anything to do with Musk. He was simply lucky to be in the Valley with a lot of his parent's money and connections at the right time. [this video]
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