He kinda does since he fired everyone else
Again mixing physics and social sciences as if they're remotely similar.
I mean... he's like 7 years late on FSD and it remains unsolved-- but apart from that, the other two are
vastly easier as keeps being pointed out to you.
There's basic laws of physics that tell you they can be solved and roughly how-- then you just need to execute the details. FAR from easy, but you can reason to the solutions with universal laws and principles. Elon did that.
There's no such laws about human behavior or social media. There's no first principles or universal laws on this that humans inherently all obey reliably.
it's a MUCH harder problem, and in a vastly different field from anything he has worked on. Hell Tesla had their own forums once- they were shut down because of how garbage they were, no Elon magic fixed that.
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Eli Lilly would certainly disagree.
So would the current financials with all the ad revenue pulling out.
Was this week needing to dump billions in TSLA to "save twitter" after already dumping 44B into it part of his "well thought out 4D chess plan"?
Like this?
Elon literally didn't fire 'everyone else'. So, that's just false. You don't need to be so hyperbolic.
Nobody said Physics and Social Sciences are remotely similar, and this has exactly nothing to do with the point of fixing Twitter. Elon understands free speech vs. LegacyTwitter™ and that was the primary driver for his purchase. Nobody is gonna spend 44B to verify us commoners. That's completely mundane and secondary noise. The main goal was to free the bird, and he did that in short order. Next he'll work out some kind of viable verification system (if anything), fix the algorithm, get his moderation council in order, and find monetization through subs and content and new advertisers—but that will take time.
FSD being late, well it takes as long as it takes. Solving real-world AI is not easy. That's why nobody else has done it nor will anyone else beat Tesla to the punch here. Not sure what your point is here, but if you know better how to solve this then you can go work for Tesla.
Human behavior has been studied for generations. While it's not a 'hard science', nobody is claiming as much. However, we do understand enough about human behavior to make reasonable predictions. Why are you so down on Elon? Why am I so up on Elon? A lot of this has to do with the big five psych traits and our respective worldviews. Some people are inherently pessimistic, or optimists, agreeable or disagreeable, skeptics or gullible (two extremes, with a spectrum between), etc.
Intelligence plays in here too, and that's obviously heritable but with environmental factors being very important as well. And, there's no tabula rasa or 'Blank Slate'. Steven Pinker debunked this idea in this book, 'The Blank Slate', among others. Some people are offended by the very idea of heritability, so we have ideologies that spring up based on ideas that don't match the data simply because some are offended by these differences. This is in part why people adopt weird ideologies, aside from religious ideas. Ideology in my view is a type of malware. One should follow the facts where they lead, because ideology can derange people in some absurd ways that may seem 'obvious' to an outside observer.
Why are some humans so resistant to facts or changing their minds in the face of new data? Humans aren't all that resilient with some rare exceptions (like Elon), and tend to defend the familiar rather than changing a fundamental precept. This is all a light overview but human psychology is fairly well understood, we have gobs of sample data, and the rabbit hole is deep. How many Flat Earthers would change their mind in one sitting? Almost none. It kinda of proves the point. Same with any weird ideology that flies in the face of settled science/fact. Is it easy to convince someone that psychics aren't real? No, but it should be. This is why partisanship and ideological ingroups can be so toxic, because it becomes an entrenched 'defense' of home and hearth where one can become impervious to new data when it conflicts with the familiar or the dearly-held tradition/notion. Just ask Galileo.
One thing I figured out early is this; intelligence alone is never enough. One must also possess courage, intellectual honesty, and humility to follow the facts where they actually lead. Elon (being on the spectrum and all) and being insanely smart is quite good at this, but he wouldn't be able to harness his genius without intellectual honesty AND a huge helping of courage. He has a perfect storm of traits which makes him a rare but effective disruptor. Other people with these traits may simply lack the resources to do much about it, or the drive and knowledge to execute.
Why does one person work in a factory until they drop dead and why does another start a billion-dollar business? It's all in those big five psych traits, and more. Environment has a whole lot to do with this....all of which is studied under the purview of psychology and the nature/nurture debate.
Nobody's claiming any Elon magic. But, he's aggressive and isn't afraid to break and disrupt a system to improve it, along with deleting unnecessary staff, parts, processes, etc. THAT is the magic.
Ad revenue is the old model. Elon is working on the new model and he doesn't want Twitter content beholden to corporate interests. Do you want Gillette vetting posts that are skeptical of feminist ideology? I don't. That's assuming the post would even survive with LegacyTwitter™ and their 'algorithm' (read: some moderator in Asia with a political axe to grind). The same censorship in various forms plagues Facebook and YouTube, and Google search results.
The 44B was to free the bird. You don't get to fire the top brass at a company if you don't own it. Elon did that, and he's dumped some staff. He's working fast and sure there will be mistakes (admitted already by Elon) but you need to sometimes start from the foundation to build a better house. That's what's happening now. Maybe you'll get some sweet Schadenfreude or Elon will redeem himself (in your eyes) but give the man some time to work. It's not like he doesn't have a great track record of being a successful disruptor (Tesla, SpaceX). Even Tesla insurance is groundbreaking, but nobody talks about that either.
