▲ 245 ▼ I watched the 4-hour Elon Musk doc, and it was horrifying (mobilesyrup.com) submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca 83 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) has he ever had an original idea of his own? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 month ago I don't think so. I mean the closest he got was that X2 or whatever of his and that was just the whole Internet Bubble concept: "What about a bank ... BUT ON THE INTERNET?!" Everybody was asking exactly that question for any conceivable thing. "What about pet supplies ... BUT ON THE INTERNET?!" "What about books ... BUT ON THE INTERNET?!" "What about pornography ... BUT ON THE INTERNET?!" It didn't take a lot of thought to spin up an Internet company in that time; investors were looking for all kinds of places to burn money. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 month ago I don't think so. I mean the closest he got was that X2 or whatever of his and that was just the whole Internet Bubble concept: "What about a bank ... BUT ON THE INTERNET?!" Everybody was asking exactly that question for any conceivable thing. "What about pet supplies ... BUT ON THE INTERNET?!" "What about books ... BUT ON THE INTERNET?!" "What about pornography ... BUT ON THE INTERNET?!" It didn't take a lot of thought to spin up an Internet company in that time; investors were looking for all kinds of places to burn money. permalink fedilink source parent