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D 5 · C 4 · P 5 · Cm 4 4.55
Q Okay, so I prepared a couple of really critical questions, actually. Who is your favorite nerd?
A I'll just go with what jumped to my head, but I don't even know if this is gonna be the most exciting answer you're looking for. There's a guy named Carver Mead. This is how old I am. I mean, he's kind of like previous generation tech. He was around, like, forming the semiconductor industry. He was a professor at Caltech, and he's like one of these dudes, people say he's got ideas as big as Einstein and things like this, and he helped, he coined, I'm pretty sure he's the one who coined the phrase Moore's Law, um, when he was hanging out with Gordon Moore. And he was just always my favorite guy to talk to. I mean, he had sort of this, he was from California, but he had, like, almost like a southern, like, uh, foghorn leghorn sort of voice to the way he would talk, and, um, I remember I went with him to dinner to this, the Village Pub, it's this fancy restaurant in Silicon Valley, and, um, I was at the New York Times, and we had very tight expense reports back then, and he ordered this, all my stories are about expense reports.
AI assessment note: “There's a guy named Carver Mead.”
Answered raw tape
D 5 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 3 4.15
Q systems designed to solve your mission critical challenges, no matter your industry. From expert guidance to tailored projects, Turing helps top companies realize AI that's more capable, more adaptable, and more effective. With Turing, discover how AI can accelerate your business growth. To learn more, visit Turing.com slash sorcery, spelt S O U R C E R Y. That's Turing.com slash sorcery. What's the biggest lesson you've learned from Elon?
A We have a super complicated relationship. I'd say when I was doing the book, um, Sort of like this persistence thing. Uh, it sounds like simplistic, and then I don't even know if everybody should live like this, but it was like, he's just very good at prioritizing the things that really matter to him. I think when I was doing the book on him, I started to like marinate in the way he goes about life, and I was like, oh, There's all these things I'm chasing all the time, but some of them don't really matter, and you should just put like Most of your energy into the, the stuff you really think is gonna, is gonna matter, and so, you know, he's a complicated dude, obviously, for many, many, many, many reasons, but I think, I do think there's like, there was like that simple lesson to take away, it was just to be a bit more focused, and like, if you actually care about something, to like, go after it. He's, he's like, there's like persistence, and then I just don't think most people understand, you know, I mean, that's like, when I think about, The difference between SpaceX and something like Blue Origin that started about the same time, um, you know, I think Blue Origin's, like, coming on now, but they've had 20 years where SpaceX has just been lapping them, it's, like, taken over the entire rocket business, and...
AI assessment note: “he's just very good at prioritizing the things that really matter to him.”
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D 5 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 3 4.15
Q Why do you think people think he's evil?
A His tweets and his opinions. Um, I've, like, covered him so long that I've gone through He was like, hated by Republicans, you know, and then now he's like, hated by the left, it's hard to keep track, and then, um, there's sort of, I always think of it as like, when the Model Three was total disaster, and you could tell it was like, taking a toll on him, that was sort of when bad Elon started to emerge on Twitter, um, And it kind of stuck, and he just, I don't know, he, you know, and he got, he used to not be that into politics and everything, he just got so, so into it, and, um, yeah, I mean, there's a bunch of reasons some people hate him. I think, it's, I find it all sort of, uh, stupid, really, because he's either idolized or hated, he's either a hero or a scoundrel, and I think, like, all people are more complicated than that, um, To me, so it's kind of sad. It, like, undermines a lot of the good things I think he's done, especially for the United States. So, um, yeah, I wish there was a little less baggage, really.
AI assessment note: “His tweets and his opinions.”
