Gregory's Server@rodhilton I think Musk looks less remarkable now for two reasons. One is that he has definitely declined on a personal cognitive level. He’s always been a bit of an ass and mercurial but this level of irrationality is new. Secondly the world seems less bleak today in the specific area or real world innovation. More people are really doing stuff like space and fusion and EVs and such today than were doing so back in the 2000s.
@rodhilton That being said I do still give him some credit for maybe even helping end the little dark age of stagnation in areas like transportation and energy that began in the 1970s. I think when people saw EVs beat Lamborghinis and rockets land themselves a lot of people realized they needed to just ignore the pessimists who said such things were impossible. The pessimists really took over the narrative in the 70s and seem to be losing it now. Keep your eye on fusion!