Reuters documented more than 600 workplace injuries at SpaceX. Employees say they’re paying the price for Elon Musk’s push to reach Mars at breakneck speed.
History has shown that somebody needed to do that: put a real electric car with modern features into big production, complete with a charging infrastructure, damn the panel gaps and software bugs. Did Musk push that into existence? Sure. But that doesn’t mean it was a “good decision” at the time. It was a huge gamble, and that one paid off, not just for Musk and Tesla, but for the world.
That’s what Musk does. He gambles on longshots. And he gambles with other people’s interests and well-being.
History has shown that somebody needed to do that: put a real electric car with modern features into big production, complete with a charging infrastructure, damn the panel gaps and software bugs. Did Musk push that into existence? Sure. But that doesn’t mean it was a “good decision” at the time. It was a huge gamble, and that one paid off, not just for Musk and Tesla, but for the world.
That’s what Musk does. He gambles on longshots. And he gambles with other people’s interests and well-being.