Of course this phrase originated on the Right, directed at progressive celebrities... but Elon is one who really would've done well to "shut up and sing." Or in his case, "Shut up and build rockets." His reputation and earnings potential were light-years better before he made the mistake of telling people who he really is.
Of course this phrase originated on the Right, directed at progressive celebrities... but Elon is one who really would've done well to "shut up and sing." Or in his case, "Shut up and build rockets." His reputation and earnings potential were light-years better before he made the mistake of telling people who he really is.
He could have stuck to rockets, and electric cars. He'd have been better off restraining himself from making grand pronouncements about the futurist implications of his ventures. In my circle his rep crashed pretty hard starting about ten years ago, with ventures like the Hyperloop, and then the Boring Company, which he touted as holding revolutionary potential for cities and transportation, but revealed that he knew very little about the actual issues of traffic and urban planning, and was hand-wavy about certain engineering challenges. (You can find these critiques with phrases like "Elon invents the subway, but worse.")
Of course this phrase originated on the Right, directed at progressive celebrities... but Elon is one who really would've done well to "shut up and sing." Or in his case, "Shut up and build rockets." His reputation and earnings potential were light-years better before he made the mistake of telling people who he really is.
He could have stuck to rockets, and electric cars. He'd have been better off restraining himself from making grand pronouncements about the futurist implications of his ventures. In my circle his rep crashed pretty hard starting about ten years ago, with ventures like the Hyperloop, and then the Boring Company, which he touted as holding revolutionary potential for cities and transportation, but revealed that he knew very little about the actual issues of traffic and urban planning, and was hand-wavy about certain engineering challenges. (You can find these critiques with phrases like "Elon invents the subway, but worse.")