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snapcaster ◴[] No.43470829[source]
This is so weird, did he miscalculate how intense the backlash would be? or he truly doesn't care?
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Upvoter33 ◴[] No.43470867[source]
To me, it's pretty funny. It's like we're being told "hey, don't worry, this is the world's smartest guy, and he's going to, in a heartbeat, examine every dollar of spending and tell us what to cut. And oh yeah, he didn't anticipate that Tesla might be hurt by his actions."
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tonyhart7 ◴[] No.43470951[source]
he should never use twitter tbh, back then elon is likeable until he tweet 20 times a day
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1. ryandvm ◴[] No.43472820[source]
Never meet your heroes indeed.

I have a feeling that if Einstein, Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Churchill or really any of the great historical figures had access to Twitter, there legacies (or lack thereof) would be very different today.

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2. ndsipa_pomu ◴[] No.43473264[source]
Churchill was known to be very problematic and his career outside of the war wasn't exactly stellar as he had some dubious opinions: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29701767

Newton was known to be very egotistical and his grudge with Hooke was well known: https://culturacolectiva.com/en/history/isaac-newton-dark-si...

Einstein was generally considered a very kind and generous man, outside of his marriages: https://www.grunge.com/264270/the-dark-side-of-albert-einste...

I don't know much about da Vinci, though he designed machines for war and he must have performed a lot of macabre work on cadavers for his research into anatomy (not that studying anatomy is a bad thing).

3. tonyhart7 ◴[] No.43476896[source]
"Never meet your heroes indeed."

they have different values on life because they literally built different, thrown people at hard times and that would change people see life