> It definitely does, although I don't understand why.
Maybe because it's a kind of lying, and people who do it on a regular basis are untrustworthy people?
> JFK told us we'd get to the moon this decade which is absolutely nuts.
Remember that he didn't phrase it as "we will do this", he phrased it as "this is our goal". He referred to it as a goal we're choosing, not as an inevitability.
Musk isn't goal-setting, he's making promises. The difference between the two is critical. One is being a leader, the other is being a liar.
General Motors, a company that advertised how safe their vehicles were, knowing about faulty ignition switches in their products but only deciding to perform a recall 10 years after they became aware of them.
Except Musk was goal-setting, and there's literally a comment upthread that responds to this factual correction by stating that published goals need to be held to the same standards as promises. Can't win against critics willing to bend reality and forgo consistency of beliefs...
Maybe because it's a kind of lying, and people who do it on a regular basis are untrustworthy people?
> JFK told us we'd get to the moon this decade which is absolutely nuts.
Remember that he didn't phrase it as "we will do this", he phrased it as "this is our goal". He referred to it as a goal we're choosing, not as an inevitability.
Musk isn't goal-setting, he's making promises. The difference between the two is critical. One is being a leader, the other is being a liar.