And an even bigger problem for Musk is that most of these people have a good deal more money than he does. All he has is big ideas, and a fair amount of other people's money. And so far his big ideas have been able to defy most ordinary economic realities. And the market instabilities roiling about so far have hurt him, but not quite done him in yet. But that could certainly change in an instant.
All it will take is one big cascade event. One trigger setting off a host of key sector instabilities that will bring those sectors to their knees. And then, as inevitable as gravity itself, big ideas or not, with big money everywhere running to the exits to find sheltering safe havens, what will he do then? What will he do if no one, for say an entire year. or more, can buy any of the things he's trying to sell (lovely idea or not). And there's just no more capital to be venturesome with?
Perhaps More importantly, though, will be what will happen to this supposed reality that he's been trying to hold together, whole cloth, in his own head, unravels? Unravels even beyond his own capacity to hold a meaningful sense of himself anymore?
It may be a more pertinent question than you think when you see how much of his own ego has been put into making this make believe world around him (these shareholder meetings and interviews that indicate a certain imperviousness to the perceptions of the mere mortals that work and report around Mr. Musk).
It is human nature after all. I do it. You do it. Put a lot of ourselves into something we've convinced ourselves we have to have. Or that we were meant to do. And unless you've had some experience with letting go of old, formerly cherished aspects of yourself, to be more in line with things as they are, and not as you wish they were, you could find yourself unable to bend, and change, and are then only left with the option of just breaking apart altogether; something, if you've had to deal with our mental health system, is not a very good thing to behold at all. Nor be anywhere near in fact, because of a lot of emotional, as well as, potential physical, collateral damage.
And then you have to ask yourself: what if a significant number of the economic, and political, leadership, here, and elsewhere, were sucked up into this new kind of, privileged dementia. A dementia of power, and circumstance (because we have a sick operating system still in place after all that's all about wish fulfillment now). And what if one of them actually does have enough money. And enough time, with the right corrupted, gifted people, to help their particular madness along. What happens then? Does that particular version of madness become the new reality?
Do you really want to keep to the same path we've been on here to find out? I for one do not. But then I'm just a crazy old, biased, dreamer. And worse yet, a humanist. I still believe in us.
Is that a crazy idea? Is it just as bat feces bent as Mr. Musk's reality, just different? Maybe. I can't help think, though, that it, at least, offers a lot more probability that a diversity of minds, working together, always negotiating what "reality" is, and therefore, what our priorities should be; that that mode of operation would give us the best chance of working what would then be a mutually beneficial kind of madness. Both for us and the planet, but that's just me of course.
What do you think? Are you thinking enough about this at all in the first place?
I sure as hell hope so.
HE WILL NOT SEE THE TACHYONS COMING
Elon Musk Is Creating His Own Reality
Elon Musk Is Creating His Own Reality
The "real-life Iron Man" is a real American superhero.
See Also:
Facebook's Troublesome Local Media Tactics
Many large organizations have aggressive or tightly-managed public relations strategies. But not all companies are the subject of an international data scandal, and not all companies are traveling throughout the United States, forging relationships with journalists in each of those markets.
[Post Note: This is what happens when you buy into the madness that results from the "Commoditization Of Everything." And also a good number of egos run amok, and not just in the publicized world, but also in the black world of techno anarchists torching, true believers plotting, true parasites gorging, and those who just want to steal enough to survive. J.V.]
The Blockchain: A Love Story — And A Horror Story
Cryptomania isn't just a mad rush of scams and speculation. It's a utopian dream. And a living nightmare.
[Post Note: Notice here how where some of the biggest companies are, or have been, lead by the some of the biggest egos you might ever imagine. Great things require great people of course, but isn't there just galaxies of different meanings one might apply to what is meant by "great things," or "great people." All depends on how you look at it doesn't it. And the current set of conditions you are trying to stay alive in certainly, but heck. Even Obi-Wan Kenobi knew the whole "it depends on your perspective" idea. His spirit thingy told Luke didn't he. Too bad we might be losing all control on how things get defined anymore. We seem to be leaving it to the questionable sanity of way too few people. In a very corrupting system to to try and live in. Oh well. At least the disaster movies make for some great entertainment, and in 4K now! Wow! J.V.]
The World's Most Valuable Companies, Charted
No comments:
Post a Comment