Larry Ellison's riposte to a reporter calling Musk an idiot: 'who else is landing rockets?'
alexisgallagher · x · 2026-11-16
- The post quotes Larry Ellison defending Elon Musk to a reporter who called him an idiot: 'This guy's landing rockets on drone ships in the ocean—who else is landing rockets?' while questioning the reporter's own credentials.
- The author generalizes: everything looks simple from afar, making others' achievements seem easy—especially if you have reasons to believe they are; some journalists think business just happens if you pour money into the right hole.
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