stabby_cicada to Solarpunk technology · 9 months agoElon Musk and the Infinite Rebuy | the richest man in the world is nothing but the world's biggest case of survivorship bias - and a profound indictment of capitalism's "great man" theorydavekarpf.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1221arrow-down120
arrow-up1201arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk and the Infinite Rebuy | the richest man in the world is nothing but the world's biggest case of survivorship bias - and a profound indictment of capitalism's "great man" theorydavekarpf.substack.comstabby_cicada to Solarpunk technology · 9 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareZrybew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoWhen you have infinity money, there’s no risk in risking money. As a rich white man, living in the largest economy in the world,with Ivy league education, the odds were pretty much in his favour. So, dude is pretty much just bruteforcing through life because there’s very little chance he’ll be accountable for any of his Fuck-ups. People call it brilliance, when it’s just dumb luck paired with personality disorder.
When you have infinity money, there’s no risk in risking money.
As a rich white man, living in the largest economy in the world,with Ivy league education, the odds were pretty much in his favour.
So, dude is pretty much just bruteforcing through life because there’s very little chance he’ll be accountable for any of his Fuck-ups.
People call it brilliance, when it’s just dumb luck paired with personality disorder.