Genius Articles
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The last week has made me realize that I have large trade deficits with many corporations, and this is unacceptable. I would have a trade deficit of course when my imports exceed my exports. An import is when I purchase goods or services in exchange for money. An export is when I receive money for…
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Sometimes here at Elon is a Genius we may employ sarcasm to make a point. Satire is a great way to make a point, and it’s fun! But this may end up just being an accurate and straightforward post. See, Elon lies. A lot. Sometimes, he knows he’s lying. But more often he seems to…
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Without question, it makes a person look stupid if they fire someone and then immediately try to re-hire them. Oops— turns out the person in charge had no idea what that employee actually did! Maybe they weren’t so useless after all! And so it sure does look stupid when Elon tried to fire air traffic…
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Do you know how many children Elon Musk has? That’s probably a silly question; you almost certainly do not. Perhaps a better question is: Does Elon know how many children Elon has? The answer is almost definitely? I mean, probably? Surely yes? To make this a little easier, here’s a little quiz for you: How…
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Suppose you send an e-mail to every federal employee, asking for a list of 5 things they did last week. (You may also enjoy seeing Tesla shareholders asking Elon the same thing, but of course Elon’s plans are definitely genius-er than we will ever understand!) Then, you get sued for that by lawyers representing some…
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Today, Elon and friends shut down the CFPB, the Consumer Financial Protection Board. That saves the Federal Government about $810 million (PDF link) a year. Americans no longer have to pay that money every year! There are 5 employees who do still have to work there because that’s the law, so let’s call it $809.4…
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One day, Elon decided to cut just about all funding to USAID. The only exceptions were aid to Israel, Egypt, and some food programs. That means that every single other program under USAID would be cut. And that includes USAID’s efforts to stop the spread of Ebola. Elon said that this program was “accidentally canceled.”…
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I am not a genius, but I think the following two things are true about airplanes: Elon clearly understands #1 amazingly well. So brilliant: (Yes, this is real! Here’s the tweet and here’s the response.) Many people may not know about restricted airspaces. So those people are likely not aware that at any given moment,…
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Today the New York Times had an article titled: “DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week.“ The biggest cut on the old (wrong) list was an $8 Billion cut to ICE, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Even a casual common sense check would have led any reasonable person to…
