A little more on Elon Musk:
Hey… has any one seen my spiky porcupine friend?
Tyrone had intended to continue his “A Game of Roasts” serial story today (he promised a new installment every Friday). But I can’t find hide nor hair nor spike of the fellow so I guess we will have to wait until next week for Part Two.
Alas and alack.
So instead of that, I wanted to share a couple more things about Elon Musk, whom I discussed yesterday.
The first is a video interview of Musk on the X platform. I’ve since amended it in the archived version, but I meant to include a link to an interview of Elon Musk in yesterday’s email. It’s fascinating.
The second is that as important as Musk’s purchase of Twitter(X) was and is, I totally glossed over the man’s enormous plans for the company.
Musk wants to turn X into a kind of “everything app”. It’s not enough to be the “digital town square”, Musk wants to turn X into a single application that replaces YouTube, FaceTime, dating apps, messaging, telephone calls, and possibly the entire banking industry.
It’s a plan that’s beyond ambitious, and if it were anyone else, I’d think it’s insane. But indeed, he’s already begun rolling out video features, monetization features, an embedded AI (Grok), and more.
People of a certain ideological persuasion love to hate on Musk and deride what he’s done to Twitter(X), but I say they are blinded by tribalism. What the man’s doing is incredible and I can’t wait to see how it all plays out.
And finally, I wanted to share an insight from a Haman Nature subscriber. I had remarked that Musk makes me think of Tony Stark (aka Iron Man), but he said that Musk reminds him more of Thomas Newton, from The Man Who Fell To Earth.
There’s a new mini-series version of that story out now, but I remember the 1976 movie featuring David Bowie as an alien from actual outer space. Both of these are based on a 1963 novel by Walter Tevis that I confess I’ve never read.
In the 1976 movie, Thomas Newton (the alien) arrives on earth. Over time, he develops several patents based on technologies from his world. He becomes the richest man on earth, and works to build a rocket capable of bringing much needed water back to his home planet.
Cool story. Cool movie.
And as far as Musk goes, it’s a darn good analogy. Maybe even better than mine.
Thanks for reading, and I look forward with you to Tyrone’s next installment of “A Game of Roasts” next week.
Naturally,
Adam