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dboreham 7 hours ago

I think you under appreciate him a bit here. No he's not a super genius. He's probably not even a good engineer. But he is a) a total a.hole and b) a tremendous bullshitter. There are circumstances in which you need such a person to succeed (see also Steve Jobs). He yelled at people for 10 years straight and he was crucial in facilitating capital to build these very capital intensive products. A regular smart person would absolutely not have succeeded, for these reasons.

someothherguyy 6 hours ago | parent [-]

> bullshitter

why is lying at the edge of committing fraud so respected?

theshrike79 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It makes the stock go up and people earn crazy amounts of money.

notrustincloud an hour ago | parent [-]

iff "earn" == "receive"

randallsquared an hour ago | parent [-]

In the absence of force or fraud, those are the same, more or less.