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I’ve always wondered why a guy who helped create a large and diverse dataset of founders and companies descends into derpistan like this to join wagon-circling defensive movements. Perhaps because seed startups are like stem cells and don’t vary much till later.
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It's remarkable how many people who've never run any kind of company think they know how to run a tech company better than someone who's run Tesla and SpaceX.
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Is it obvious to you that he's wrong? It's been like two weeks. Seems like the jury's still out on how this will play out in the long run.
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Wrong about what? He hasn’t said anything besides “You people know nothing, Praise Elon!” It’s an uncritical and vacuous statement of faith. There’s no substance to agree or disagree with.
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Wrong that people are overconfident when they conclude that Elon is crashing and burning and that Twitter is toast. (That's how I interpreted his tweet anyway.)
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Which people? Is he engaging any particular view, like for eg the idea that infrastructure is at risk because key people are gone? It’s a sentiment vs sentiment punching down take. This is basically a lord saying “shut up plebes, long live the king” Worst sort of bluecheckery
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Yes, he is engaging the view that many people have (seen in numerous tweets last 2 weeks) that Elon knows nothing about tech or managing companies and he is going to take twitter to a crash landing.
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