Yes I agree

But if we get enough people to label it as a failure instead of a secret success maybe elon's ego will prevent him from doing it again in the future. The more failures the public can lay at his feet also means less political pressure to allow him to get away with shit like that.

So far twitter and hyperloop have been major disasters. Neurolink is probably just a matter of time. Maybe even starlink as it's way too expensive for most casual uses at the moment, will depend on the price coming down.

Tesla build quality may come up to bit them in the ass in the long run too.

I do hope spaceX survives his blundering though.

Apparently, SpaceX has special tactics to stoke his grandiose ego and trick him into giving them the freedom they need.

It's a tale as old as bosses. Many of them have big egos and think that because they're in charge that magically gives them expertise. So if you want to do something you either get them looking at something shiny or you make them think it's their idea.

I had a boss like that ages ago. If I wanted to work on something out of the ordinary I would plant the idea, then a few weeks later I would remind him that he brought it up a while ago. I used the fact that he had a million things going on so he never really remembered who brought it up. I didn't care that he got the credit because I got to work on cool things and expand my repertoire.