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Yes. Because we should all be judged by our failures.


Hey, Im a fan. Fail fast. Build things.

Most very rich people just sit and roll in their money in the finance markets like scrooge mcduck.

But… I think the performance in the whitehouse was performative nonesense.

What a waste of everyone’s time for the sake of appearances.

More building things, less dancing please Elon.


He has done many impressive things, but one consistent thing about the man is that he always over promises and regularly under delivers. The examples are too numerous to count (smashing the CT's "armour" glass, humans to Mars in 2024, Thai cave submarine, naming your driver assistance technology Full Self Driving, etc, etc)

Perhaps that's simply the price of achievement, but Showman is apt




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