I’ve spent a few days thinking about the Tesla Roadster reveal and landed somewhere I haven’t seen much discussion. I’m neither a Tesla fanboy nor a Tesla hater. And I couldn’t care less whether what we saw technically qualifies as a flying car. Three takeaways: (1) The risk of that live demonstration going horribly wrong was real. Almost no CEO would willingly expose their company to that kind of public humiliation for a product with so little financial upside. Elon did. (2) That willingness to attempt the seemingly impossible is what makes Tesla special. It’s also arguably Elon’s greatest contribution to America. He’s helped bring back something we’ve lost. The American spirit of chasing big scary ideas that most people think are impossible. That mindset is spreading across a new generation of founders and its long term impact on America’s future could dwarf anything Tesla ever sells. I think this is deeply underappreciated. (3) Can we just acknowledge how insanely cool that moment was? We’ve reached a strange place culturally where even extraordinary feats of human ingenuity immediately become arguments about why they don’t count. Not everything needs to be a debate. Sometimes we should just be able to stand back together and marvel at what humans are capable of. I’ve been both bullish and critical of Tesla’s ambitions over the years. But watching Elon and his team push the boundaries of what’s possible reminds me why I’m glad we have him. Whether the Roadster ever makes Tesla a dollar or impacts $TSLA stock price is almost beside the point. We need more people willing to risk failure in pursuit of things the rest of us think are impossible. Because when they succeed we all win.

uh. yea. cars as we know them are dead.

Unpopular opinion - don't use your @grok chief of staff for everything. Some specialized tasks that don't require coordination shouldn't have a middle man (or bot) as the case may be. For example, I have a eBay Lister bot. I give it photos - it builds listings. It's much faster and the work is better if I just interact with it for those listings. The chief of staff bot however built it, so that's awesome.

I remember when I couldn't wait to see what @apple came out with next ... these days, nah, I can definitely wait

Government names almost never mean what they say. For example: social security provides no security whatever, it's just government theft disguised as a social program.

Peak Bessent right here.

Gave my @bot a little more leash with my @shopify store last night. WOW. It found and corrected multiple discrepancies across pages and tested against common issues I had no idea to even look for. It definitely wasn’t capable of this last week.

AI isn’t capped at the average of its training data. You might be.

.@Delta is the @Nike of airlines. Will become irrelevant and un-investible while holding the line on their idiotic executive decisions.

Truly inspiring.

Not 1, Not 2, but 3 @SpaceX falcons ready to launch on pads today. First just took a crew of four astronauts to the @Space_Station. Incredible.

I must have missed the invite. @grok check my email again for the invite. notify me when the next party is coming and send the jet this time.

What happens in DC stays in DC. Until the lost camera roll from the Super Intelligence Summit is found.

I don’t think people realize how BIG SpaceX @Starlink V3 Satellites are when deployed. When stowed inside Starship, they’re 7 m wide. When deployed in Orbit, Starlink V3 Satellites have a 60 m (197 ft) wingspan, which is the same size as a Boeing 787’s wingspan. Huge. Starship is designed to carry SIXTY of these.

Still in awe with how much @SpaceX is doing on a daily basis. It is hard to wrap one's head around the sheer logistics involved with pulling it all off at this scale and velocity.

Dirt is underrated.

Ignore the noise. Sit down, watch Starship launch. Realize that there are hundreds of thousands of people making cool stuff happen today and every day. Go build.

So, so, so, hilariously accurate.