My favourite part of is is Musk's twitter thread on this: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1015657378140704768 You've got people asking all these technical questions about the submarine, and...
You've got people asking all these technical questions about the submarine, and Elon is answering them all, taking suggestions etc, and then you get to the bottom and there's this:
This is super cool, and I hope it makes it through development and works. This would also be really, really, good press for Musk. I really like him, but he's also kind of scary. I feel like he...
This is super cool, and I hope it makes it through development and works. This would also be really, really, good press for Musk. I really like him, but he's also kind of scary. I feel like he could change by one degree and suddenly be a Bond Villain.
It occurred to me earlier, this is some Tony Stark level shit, like "I'll just build you a submarine out of some spare rocketship parts I have laying around over here..." Naturally, the credit...
It occurred to me earlier, this is some Tony Stark level shit, like "I'll just build you a submarine out of some spare rocketship parts I have laying around over here..."
Naturally, the credit goes to the team of SpaceX engineers toiling away on the problem, doing crazy shifts and working themselves to the bone for below market rate pay - not Musk. But, still. I mean, the guy projects a very large reality distortion field and people are willing to follow him. That's pretty powerful on its own.
The Tony Stark comparison is exactly what I keep coming back to as well. I love the term "Reality Distortion Field" - I first read that in Isaacson's bio of Steve Jobs and it fits Musk really well.
The Tony Stark comparison is exactly what I keep coming back to as well. I love the term "Reality Distortion Field" - I first read that in Isaacson's bio of Steve Jobs and it fits Musk really well.
Yup, that's the origin of the term: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_distortion_field Funny side-story, I once spent a couple weeks with Walter Isaacson's daughter Betsy on a hippie bus that...
Funny side-story, I once spent a couple weeks with Walter Isaacson's daughter Betsy on a hippie bus that was supposed to travel from Alaska to Argentina. She was ostensibly there to cover it for Newsweek, but the whole thing was a bit of a disaster and we spent the whole time with the bus broken down on a beach in Oregon waiting for a replacement clutch.
My favourite part of is is Musk's twitter thread on this: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1015657378140704768
You've got people asking all these technical questions about the submarine, and Elon is answering them all, taking suggestions etc, and then you get to the bottom and there's this:
Picture of the kind of tube they are using
(From this page)
You wouldn't want any of the kids to have claustrophobia!
This is super cool, and I hope it makes it through development and works. This would also be really, really, good press for Musk. I really like him, but he's also kind of scary. I feel like he could change by one degree and suddenly be a Bond Villain.
I really dislike him, but there's nothing I can say against this action. I hope it succeeds and I don't care if it gives him good press
It occurred to me earlier, this is some Tony Stark level shit, like "I'll just build you a submarine out of some spare rocketship parts I have laying around over here..."
Naturally, the credit goes to the team of SpaceX engineers toiling away on the problem, doing crazy shifts and working themselves to the bone for below market rate pay - not Musk. But, still. I mean, the guy projects a very large reality distortion field and people are willing to follow him. That's pretty powerful on its own.
The Tony Stark comparison is exactly what I keep coming back to as well. I love the term "Reality Distortion Field" - I first read that in Isaacson's bio of Steve Jobs and it fits Musk really well.
Yup, that's the origin of the term: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_distortion_field
Funny side-story, I once spent a couple weeks with Walter Isaacson's daughter Betsy on a hippie bus that was supposed to travel from Alaska to Argentina. She was ostensibly there to cover it for Newsweek, but the whole thing was a bit of a disaster and we spent the whole time with the bus broken down on a beach in Oregon waiting for a replacement clutch.
Was it The Green Tortoise bus?
Nope. It was started by members of /r/vagabond on reddit. They called it "The Vagabus", which I've always argued was a really awful name.