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>meetings can turn into a massive time sink if you don't act like a total nazi during them.

Which would explain Elon ending the conference call. Instead he spent 15-20 minutes taking open-ended questions from a youtuber with a TSLA position of 56 shares.

>If your goal is, "end this meeting as quickly as possible so I can start fixing the things that need fixing"

For Elon the 'things that need fixing' are exactly what the investors he cut off were asking about. If he is so focused on fixing those things he should have been able to give easy answers. The dodge is illustrative of how well he's handling those problems.

As well it seems ridiculous that the CEO of a ~$50B company can't spare an hour or two every quarter to explain his own company. Even Elon Musk isn't that busy.



If those are actually the things he is working on then perhaps there is no answer to give?

How long is your piece of string?

Well this morning it was three metres but then we doubled it and it looks like that was too much so come back tomorrow and we will let you know.


Then perhaps Musk could be honest and state explicitly that there is no answer. Instead, he chose to respond in a fashion that has multiple interpretations:

- There is no answer

- Musk does not know the answer

- Musk does not want to admit he does not know the answer

- Musk does not want the answer to be known




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