chafkin.bsky.social
Writer at Bloomberg Businessweek. Host, “Citizen Elon.” Author of “The Contarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power.” Msg me on signal: @chafkin.83
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also solid illustration of elon's branding problem right here. "Likeability is a jail"...is it though???
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Wynn-Williams told a story of a company that thinks it owns its employees…and here they are with a legal filing insisting they do. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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This first episode with @chafkin.bsky.social is the perfect way to start things off—Chafkin's 'THE CONTRARIAN' is the best book on Peter Thiel, and he's been co-hosting a great podcast about Musk even before he became first buddy. I learned a lot, hope you do too
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Also b/c metas response has simultaneously been “it’s all lies!!” And also: “old news!!”
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"yes sir, i would love to trade you six gold for one of your sheep"
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if youre interested in this its also the subject of this week's podcast www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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going all in on political divisiveness (to say the least) and failing to update your product lineup is a bad combination for a car company
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dynamic is exaggerated by a few factors, partly a factory issue and maybe partly that germans are especially not amused by the nazi jokes and political interference...but still think its basically a preview of what we're going to see in other markets, including the us
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Thanks Calvin!!! Means a lot
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if i have "read only" access and i've got the phone number of a guy who will do whatever i say based on that access, then my access isn't read only.