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Who is the Elon Musk of literature?

>> No.7911626

George Martin

>> No.7911630

james joyce and he's DEAD

>> No.7911644

>>7911630
That's what they want you to think

>> No.7911685

>>7911620
>Who is the Elon Musk of literature?
There's a few, two of which are Gustave Flaubert and James "Shit on my face" Joyce

>> No.7911692

>>7911620
Stephen King.

They're both massive vaginas who shit out companies/books like they've got a chronic case of dysentery.

>> No.7911702

John Green

>popular with "young n hip" "le intelligent" people
>basically got big out of extreme luck, because it has to happen to some people
>assume authority over intellectual discourse in his areas (despite not knowing a fucking thing)

>> No.7911712

>>7911702
Tesla is a genius, Green is not

>> No.7911715

>>7911712
Fuck I meant Musk

>> No.7911726

>>7911712
Reddits thataway man

>> No.7911760

>>7911702
>popular with "young n hip" "le intelligent" people
agreed. but not really his fault.

desu he did make (and is making) some pretty significant contributions to his field. automobiles have fucked over the ecosystem and he's sort of among the frontrunners to fix that. also, his spacex program is pretty important. all in all, his contributions are quite valuable. more than what you can say for green. I don't worship him like many people do however.

>> No.7911767

>>7911692
>Elon Musk revolutionizes space ndustry, making it dramatically cheaper
>Saves electric car industry
>Gives patents away
>Going to Mars
>Stephen King farts out terrible horror

Forget you and your Stephen King.

>> No.7911812

>>7911760
>>7911767
His own role in terms of said contributions is overstated. Those are things anyone could've pushed for with enough capital and a competent enough team. By all accounts his attempts at a space program are constantly falling flat so it's more of a trial and error process than anything.

Like the above anon said, he mostly lucked into his success. And Ayn Rand humping faggots like you started jerking off to him as le captain of industry of the future.

>> No.7911831

>>7911812

>ayn rand humping faggots like you started jerking to him as le captain of industry of the future

top kek. i'll admit i laughed. but i explicitly stated that i don't worship or jerk off to him. i just think his contribution was significant despite being overstated.

>Those are things anyone could've pushed for with enough capital and a competent enough team
but he did.

>By all accounts his attempts at a space program are constantly falling flat so it's more of a trial and error process than anything.
there's progress. a lot of science is trial and error familia.

>> No.7911881

>all those nerds who worship him and think they'll actually go to space in their lifetime.
lol no
The rich people are gonna go to space, while the rest of us stay down here and work for them. Tesla's a company, they're not just gonna hand out trips to Mars for everybody.

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>>7911620

Please, anon. Try harder next time.

>pic related

Obviously.

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He's famous in his field without selling enough products to profit.

Propped up by government backers.

Developed a following on the internet for being a meme-man.

It's got to be DFW

Never very popular.

Propped up by academia.

Following on web as a meme-man.

Sounds about right.

>> No.7911983

>>7911948
DFW was extremely popular for an author of the sorts of things he wrote, actually. You have no idea what you're on about.

>> No.7912003

>>7911620
>I fantasies constantly about greasy sillicon valley nerds #disrupting my hypothetical gf's vagina with their mighty Randian cocks

>> No.7912015

>>7911948

Yeah, sorry dude...I have to give credit to any author of literary fiction who is popular today, particularly those who became popular post-1990. Especially one as popular as DFW was and is. This anon >>7911983 is right.

>> No.7912067

>>7911620
dan brown

>> No.7912085

>>7911620
Capitalist scum. Goes Str8 2gulag

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7912086

Tai Lopez

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>>7911831
>By all accounts his attempts at a space program are constantly falling flat
Also, not /lit/.

>> No.7912208

>>7911620
Ayn Rand

>> No.7912924

>>7911812
t. anon at the end of a hard work day

>> No.7914101

>>7911948
>not making a profit
But Tesla just made 325 million off of PREORDERS for the model 3, corresponding to 14 billion in future sales. Even though those preorders are refundable if people change their minds, I don't think Many will actually do it just because the pre-order count is increasing, and people won't want to lose their space in line

>> No.7914932

>>7911702
Pretty good bait. You'll get someone hot and bothered

>> No.7915027

>>7912924
I'm actually a NEET.

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>>7912159
he's in the con, flush with gvmt. contracts and money. 'outer space' is a hoax. these people have a vested interest in keeping the truth hidden. go high enough and you'll collide with the celestial vault [Genesis 1:6-8]