Elmo and a phenomenon I've often commented on

[sdholloway56]

Seen it happen so many times.

Somebody hits it a lick in business, generally from a combination of being smart/competent (usually) and in the right place at the right time (almost always).

Then they typically come to think that must mean they're geniuses and can do the same thing in any business whether they know anything about it or not.

And more often or not they fail.

Elmo being turbo x 100 doesn't mean it doesn't apply to him, it just means there are more zeroes.

[sam1wiseone]

Bill gates, strictly right place, right time.

But elon musk is actually a very smart guy.

You're a loser.

[sdholloway56]

When he fails you’ll have long since declared victory and runoff elsewhere.

[sdholloway56]

Gates is phenomenally intelligent but in a very conventional way.

Elmo is one of those sociopath geniuses like Jobs.

[sam1wiseone]

Nope, right place right time.  Strictly that.  He didnt even develop DOS.

[BA Deere]

So far Elon is in my "enemy of my enemy" category.  I understand he might be on my side (one of the good guys) .   He like Trump might have to "play their game"  to amass billions to get insulated enough to become a truth teller.   Elon is a literal rocket scientist, even rarer has the combination of business acumen.  Truly a big fish in a big pond, you don`t get there on accident.

[r3020]

He's just to kooky for my taste.

[BA Deere]

I`m just a little leery of Musk being "too good to be true" there is a possibility that his Twitter acquisition and purging bots could accelerate globalism... something to do with "know your customer"

from Spiro:

[sdholloway56]

Cult worshippers are so funny.

Gates’ brilliance wasn’t technical. It was a business model that ate the entire sector without ever making a dime.

[sam1wiseone]

IBM stuck his product on every 8086 device they sold for years in an exploding market. If IBM had chosen cpm you would never have heard the guys name.