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skillissuer

Yet another bit about Musk's delusions of grandeur

discuss.tchncs.de/post/2995219

discuss.tchncs.deYet another bit about Musk's delusions of grandeur - tchncsso i stumbled upon a thing on reddit the thing is that there’s an obscure early scifi book by none other than wernher von braun, that is about mars colonization, where they find already existing civilization, leader of which is called elon. apparently this is why megaracist elon’s father named him that: >Interest in this novel increased in 2021 when people connected the Martian leader, called the Elon, to SpaceX founder Elon Musk, suggesting that von Braun may have somehow foreseen Musk’s space exploration ventures.[15] However, Errol Musk, Elon’s father, asserted in 2022 that he was fully aware of the von Braun connection in naming his son.[16] also in that book: tunnels used for high-speed travel; nation-states became obsolete because of some magic tech; highly technocratic planetary government as a result. that stimulant habit seems historically accurate then, even if it’s cut with ketamine sometimes. some more red string on corkboard https://www.mind-war.com/p/the-elon-how-a-nazi-rocket-scientist [https://www.mind-war.com/p/the-elon-how-a-nazi-rocket-scientist] this tracks as one of his grandparents moved from canada to south africa because canada in 40s wasn’t racist enough for them, and with all the technocracy inc things. so yeah, motherfucker might be believing - or even groomed into - that he’s destined to be a planetary overlord, all based on nazi scifi, and he’s playing it out irl with all the fuck you money he has
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smiletolerantly

Wait wait wait, so you are telling me, not even his bad ideas are his?

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smiletolerantly

The fact that Iain M. Banks is name-dropped in the poster in the article is a travesty… I have no doubt “the Elon” thinks himself some badass Special Circumstances operative, and OpenAI/Grok/… as laying the foundations for Culture Minds. It’s not. He’s not. Goddamnit I wish Banks was still alive.

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@smiletolerantly his favourite part of Excession was when Dave Excession shouted "Excession!" and jumped in his spaceship

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Soyweiser

Considering his reaction to being asked about evangelion (?? I know nothing about this series) was just to shout NERV (?? again I know nothing I dont know who Nerv is. But this is apparently not a normal fan reaction, like warhammer fans shouting waaarrgh) not far of the mark.

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