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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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Don’t try to rationalise it, it’s CEO speak :
He’s not making a comparison to Hitchhikers, he’s trying to attract attention.
I think this would be a safe bet with 99% of tech ceos. but in the tech won't save us series on musk there's an audio clip of him talking about hitchhiker's. and it seems pretty clear that
1 he did read it
2 he does admire it and think of it as informing his goals
3 his understanding of the book is that it's haha funny but on a deeper level it's saying we should do things like build giant planet sized computers. also something about weed
i mean he clearly read the Culture books too but somehow compared himself to the Minds and not to Joiler Veppers
The culture is when cool sex and ships with funny names. Ignore all the communism
This is the kind of car that Hitchhiker would drive
@dgerard he jumps in, shouts "Hitchhike!" out the window, and drives away at top speed
I think Hitchhiker is a pretty cool guy. Eh hitchhikes and doesn’t afraid of anything
My favorite part was when he said "it's hitchhiking time" and totally hitchhiked all around the galaxy
There I go again, assuming when people speak it has meaning rather than just being distracting sounds that come out of a hole in their face.
That’s you making the mistake of applying good faith
That's pretty much how I see anything that falls out of elons coke-nosel neighbor