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🗓️ 2 May 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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This week, we go deep on Elon Musk as his fervent admirers react to thenews that he may buy twitter.
We explore the numerous contradictions between his technogenius image, the cringe memes he and his fans immerse themselves in, and the bogstandard capitalist reality.
Also, Tom Macdonald gives a feature interview to Rolling Stone and reveals perhaps too much about his home life and true beliefs.
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0:00.0 | So I found the question, you know, did Elon Musk buy the title of founder of Tesla? |
0:05.8 | And we have Richard Mason here, whose bio on Quora says, I am a serial entrepreneur. |
0:14.9 | And I should specify it's spelled S-E-R-I-A-L. |
0:18.5 | Like he didn't invent a serial. |
0:20.5 | No. |
0:20.8 | He's just a serial entrepreneur. |
0:23.0 | Like he can't get enough of it. |
0:24.4 | Somebody stop him. |
0:25.5 | He can't stop entrepreneuring. |
0:27.7 | Yeah, I can't. |
0:29.5 | I don't even know why I do it. |
0:31.2 | Turns out I only smart, I only start small businesses, though. |
0:34.1 | I have a thing for small businesses. |
0:35.9 | Mr. |
0:36.3 | Mr. FDICs, I gave you all the clues. |
0:39.1 | Yeah. |
0:40.7 | If you look at his picture, though, it looks like he's a serial, something else. |
0:45.5 | Yeah, for sure. |
0:47.5 | Okay, so he answers, Tesla was founded by Martin Eberhard and Mark Tarpening. |
0:54.5 | Elon Musk was an early investor in the company who later became active in the management. |
0:58.6 | When the company struggled to contain costs, investors forced the founders out. |
1:03.8 | Musk, along with early employees, J.B. Straubel and Ian Wright, were allowed to retroactively |
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