<story><title>Tesla conducting more layoffs, including entire Supercharger team</title><url>https://electrek.co/2024/04/29/tesla-conducting-more-layoffs-including-entire-supercharger-team/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pfannkuchen</author><text>This might ironically be the downside of being less money driven and more principle driven. I think he legitimately thinks “the woke mind virus” is a bigger short term threat to (western) civilization than failing to transition to sustainable energy (Tesla) or failing to become a multi planetary species (SpaceX). If he was primarily financially driven I think he would have kept quiet and just focused on the existing companies, like most people probably would even if they privately held similarly controversial opinions.&lt;p&gt;I’m not saying he is correct by the way, just that it seems like he thinks that and it basically explains his behavior.</text></item><item><author>projectileboy</author><text>Agree 100%. The change in Musk’s public persona combined with his more recent business decisions are alarming. And you may say that his public persona shouldn’t matter, but when he willfully alienates a large portion of his traditional customer base, one wonders what he is even thinking.</text></item><item><author>Topfi</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve always considered the Supercharger network as their most valuable asset, besides arguably their mindshare, so I cannot see how losing the entire team could be a rational decision in the long term.&lt;p&gt;Also, after work on the Model 2 was canceled and reopened, I can&amp;#x27;t see Daniel Ho and his teams departure as a long-considered choice, to put it mildly.&lt;p&gt;Feels all like emotionally driven decisions...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lenerdenator</author><text>The thing is, he’s never been paid to stay quiet and focus on the money.&lt;p&gt;Musk’s value add is as the celebrity CEO; the Jobsian ideal taken to its natural conclusion. He’s supposed to be this forward-looking visionary and having him at the helm of your company is supposed to make it forward-looking by proxy.&lt;p&gt;This is all well and good until the celebrity CEO fries his brain with Special K and builds a bubble of yes-men around him. Then it becomes a massive liability.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tesla conducting more layoffs, including entire Supercharger team</title><url>https://electrek.co/2024/04/29/tesla-conducting-more-layoffs-including-entire-supercharger-team/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pfannkuchen</author><text>This might ironically be the downside of being less money driven and more principle driven. I think he legitimately thinks “the woke mind virus” is a bigger short term threat to (western) civilization than failing to transition to sustainable energy (Tesla) or failing to become a multi planetary species (SpaceX). If he was primarily financially driven I think he would have kept quiet and just focused on the existing companies, like most people probably would even if they privately held similarly controversial opinions.&lt;p&gt;I’m not saying he is correct by the way, just that it seems like he thinks that and it basically explains his behavior.</text></item><item><author>projectileboy</author><text>Agree 100%. The change in Musk’s public persona combined with his more recent business decisions are alarming. And you may say that his public persona shouldn’t matter, but when he willfully alienates a large portion of his traditional customer base, one wonders what he is even thinking.</text></item><item><author>Topfi</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve always considered the Supercharger network as their most valuable asset, besides arguably their mindshare, so I cannot see how losing the entire team could be a rational decision in the long term.&lt;p&gt;Also, after work on the Model 2 was canceled and reopened, I can&amp;#x27;t see Daniel Ho and his teams departure as a long-considered choice, to put it mildly.&lt;p&gt;Feels all like emotionally driven decisions...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vundercind</author><text>A lot of it’s explained by drugs, incredible impulsivity, some magical thinking, and remarkably thin skin, plus (I think the rest are in plain evidence—this gets speculative) maybe some discontent over his personal life and especially his kids.</text></comment>