Thursday, October 25, 2018
Wrong kind of math
The Tesla skeptics are trying to readjust this morning after Elon provided an obviously contrived "accounting" report that jacked up the share value even more more more more more.
Where did the numbers go wrong?
Your numbers didn't go wrong. You're just using the wrong kind of analysis. You're trying to analyze a cult with business methods.
Cults don't function by logic or numbers.
Religion is the difference between Elon and the earlier tech-scammers I mentioned.
Most cults have a money-making side, selling prayer cloths or running theme parks, but the business is treated as a sideline, not the central purpose of the church. Hubbard's cult is the closest parallel in terms of mixing tech and religion, but still not a good analogy. Hubbard didn't tie a share-based business to his cult, didn't claim to be producing anything except power and knowledge for the members. Elon has mixed tech and religion and business into a truly new monstrosity.
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