> The Hyperloop was supposed to be a revolutionary form of transport, turns out it was overblown.
He didn't launch the Hyperloop, though. He explicitly said he wasn't personally going to pursue it, he was just putting the idea out there. You can't put the fact that it hasn't yet been implemented (even though there are people working on it) on him. I've seen no evidence that the concept is infeasible, or poorly thought out.
> The fact that people feel the need to defend unfinished (and very unproven) projects of a billionaire says a lot.
The fact that people think they can spend two seconds evaluating and dismissing an engineering idea from someone who literally sends things into space is hilarious.
> If you live by hype at some point you gotta start delivering.
If putting cars on the road and rockets on the launchpad doesn't count as "delivering", I don't know what does.
Where have you been exactly? He receives the hype precisely because he has delivered after people insisted he couldn't.
He and his companies have delivered the Falcon, Model S, Modex X, and a concept Model 3 set to be delivered soon, along with a Falcon Heavy.
If any person were able to deliver even one of those products, they'd be deserving of attention. And that's not even everything he's delivered.
If delivering three groundbreaking products (as in you can go out and use them right now) is hype, then I think maybe you need to revise your definition of "hype".
The Tesla stuff is over-hyped by people who think that it's currently the global leader in everything they do, be it manufacturing or self-driving tech. In reality, the EV space is competitive as all get out and Tesla is a pretty small player.
> The Hyperloop was supposed to be a revolutionary form of transport, turns out it was overblown.
He didn't launch the Hyperloop, though. He explicitly said he wasn't personally going to pursue it, he was just putting the idea out there. You can't put the fact that it hasn't yet been implemented (even though there are people working on it) on him. I've seen no evidence that the concept is infeasible, or poorly thought out.
It is infeasible, if it's going to be vacuum, for a pile of practical and safety reasons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNFesa01llk
Maybe it will pivot into something not-as-originally-hyped by the same name.
Thunderf00t always comes up in these discussions - here's a counter video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx52A-v65Q8
What a terrible video. "I can't imagine anybody can make this work, so it is absolutely impossible"
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> The fact that people feel the need to defend unfinished (and very unproven) projects of a billionaire says a lot.
The fact that people think they can spend two seconds evaluating and dismissing an engineering idea from someone who literally sends things into space is hilarious.
> If you live by hype at some point you gotta start delivering.
If putting cars on the road and rockets on the launchpad doesn't count as "delivering", I don't know what does.
Where have you been exactly? He receives the hype precisely because he has delivered after people insisted he couldn't.
He and his companies have delivered the Falcon, Model S, Modex X, and a concept Model 3 set to be delivered soon, along with a Falcon Heavy.
If any person were able to deliver even one of those products, they'd be deserving of attention. And that's not even everything he's delivered.
If delivering three groundbreaking products (as in you can go out and use them right now) is hype, then I think maybe you need to revise your definition of "hype".
The SpaceX stuff is actually amazing.
The Tesla stuff is over-hyped by people who think that it's currently the global leader in everything they do, be it manufacturing or self-driving tech. In reality, the EV space is competitive as all get out and Tesla is a pretty small player.
The boring stuff? I have no idea.
If you live by hype at some point you gotta start delivering (edit: this is overstated, but whatever).
He's delivering to the freakin' International Space Station. What have you delivered lately?
> Musk is a master of hype. > If you live by hype at some point you gotta start delivering
In your book, Musk hasn't delivered enough yet? But why am I arguing with a Ph.D student. I wish you that your life is as fullfilled as Musk's.
>The fact that people feel the need to defend unfinished projects of a billionaire says a lot.
I'm confused as to who exactly you're referencing here seeing as Musk has no stake in any of the hyperloop companies currently operating.
You don't have an argument.