Comment by brightball

The thing about Elon is that he's got more than enough credibility with betting on big crazy ideas that he's one of a few people that you have to take seriously.

Tesla from LA to NY - https://www.thedrive.com/news/a-tesla-actually-drove-itself-...

Thousand of Optimus Robots...just announced closing a factory to have them focus on robot production - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/tesla-ending-model-s-x-produ...

SpaceX rewriting the entire economic formula for space launches, accounting for almost 90% of all launches globally last year, becoming a critical piece of the Department of Defense while also launching Starlink globally.

Neuralink let's people control computers with their brain, even playing video games. They're working on an implant to cure blindness right now.

https://neuralink.com/trials/visual-prosthesis/

I get that the man is politically unpopular in some circles, but it's really difficult to bet against him at this point. So far, the biggest criticism has been that it took a little longer than he initially said to deliver...but he did deliver.