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Michael Cook retweeted
The first trillionaire in human history
- Elon Musk
- Born in South Africa
- Bullied relentlessly as a kid
- Immigrated to North America
- Arrived with a backpack and a dream
- Built Zip2 with his brother
- Sold it 4 years later for $300 million
- Co-founded PayPal with the profits
- Revolutionised digital payments
- Sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion
- Bet everything on Tesla and SpaceX
- Got mocked for electric cars
- Got laughed at for reusable rockets
- Nearly went bankrupt in 2008
- Kept building anyway
- Turned Tesla into the world’s most valuable automaker
- Made EVs mainstream and transformed the automotive industry
- Made reusable rockets a reality
- Reduced the cost of reaching space by 95%
- Sparked the modern commercial space race
- Built Starlink and connected millions around the world to high-speed internet
- Turned SpaceX into the most valuable private company in history
- Bought Twitter for $44 billion
- The world said he overpaid
- He was called reckless, stupid & crazy
- Advertisers fled, media declared it dead
- Critics called it the worst acquisition in tech history
- Renamed it 𝕏
- Rebuilt the platform anyway
- Turned it into one of the most influential platforms on Earth
- Launched xAI and accelerated the global AI race
- Sent astronauts to space
- Is trying to get humans to mars
- Created millions of jobs
- Generated hundreds of billions in value
- Inspired an entire generation of builders
Before:
- Failed repeatedly
- Worked insane hours
- Slept in factories and offices
- Got bullied, laughed at and mocked
- Constantly told “it’s impossible”
- Kept building anyway
- Made it possible
Today:
- Richest person on Earth
- First trillionaire in human history
- Largest IPO in history $1.77 trillion
Most people quit when the world laughs at them.
Elon Musk built the future instead.
Love him or hate him…
Nobody has changed more industries in a single lifetime.
Payments. Cars. Energy. Space. Social Media. Communications. AI.
History won’t remember the people who said it couldn’t be done.
It will remember the people who did it anyway.
Congratulations Elon.
The first trillionaire. 🚀
Michael Cook retweeted
During the inaugural season of the Carol Burnett show in 1967, Tim Conway played a “mean” Nazi Interrogator.
The rest is comedy gold.
Michael Cook retweeted
I have very sad news ….
Showbiz icon Bert Newton has died at age 83.
It was remarkable career on TV, stage & radio. Sadly he didn’t get the last chapter he deserved. He was a great mentor & friend to me.
Condolences to Patti,Lauren,Matthew & extended family.
Michael Cook retweeted
Boomers: We can change things. We have the power.
Millennials: They have the power. We should make them change things.
Gen X: Eff off.
Gen Z: What is wrong with all of you? 🤠
Gen Alpha: I like to draw.
Michael Cook retweeted
This video of a red-tailed hawk seemingly suspended in the air earned Bill Bryant the win for the Audubon Society 2021 Award in the video category [source: buff.ly/3igxQz0]. The hawk's head is perfectly still while its body stabilizes around it
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Spontaneous Human Combustion!! SHC xitter.cf/_FloridaMan/status/839…
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Space Candles - Happy Birthday @astro_timpeake! (without gravity and thus convection, the flame is starved for O2)
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Traffic to/from 10 busiest US airports, which handle over 283 million passengers per year. flightradar24.com/40.23,-91.…
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Can't... stop... laughing... @XKCD's Space Goer 5! xkcd.com/1133/