Why Elon Musk Has an "Idiot Index"

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  • @Newsthink
    @Newsthink  2 месяца назад +22

    *Was Elon in the right or in the wrong?*
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    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht 2 месяца назад +13

      Isn’t this “idiot index” like a basic business concept.

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 2 месяца назад +10

      @@AL-lh2ht re-branded by Elon

    • @DivaAnnFisher
      @DivaAnnFisher 2 месяца назад +1

      I am permanently banned from tweeting on X!
      When I wrote, "What tweet was in violation of what rule?", I received no response.
      --
      The best I can figure is I had written criticisms of Rachel Maddow and Michael Dell. Some with 4 million views. Maybe their social media connected people colluded with Elon Musk social media people?
      --
      Elon Musk "absolute free expression" is a lie.
      FIX IT, ELON MUSK.

    • @camplethargic8
      @camplethargic8 2 месяца назад +2

      Now let's hear about X-formerly-known-as-Twitter. Then, maybe pay tribute to Musk's politics ("My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci" -EM). Or, are you trolling us for clicks?

    • @ricinro
      @ricinro 2 месяца назад +14

      There are many types of idiot indexes. The leader that would employ bullying and berating would get a higher idiot rating than a leader who could achieve the same with kinder manners.

  • @Pooua
    @Pooua Месяц назад +140

    I'm reminded that a pound of iron is extremely cheap, but when fashioned into sewing needles, that same pound of iron increases in value hundreds of times.

    • @georgewashington938
      @georgewashington938 Месяц назад +7

      sounds like Adam Smith

    • @DataWaveTaGo
      @DataWaveTaGo Месяц назад +1

      A Mars bound Starship has just a single use. No going back to earth.

    • @Pooua
      @Pooua Месяц назад +8

      ​@@DataWaveTaGoStarship is supposed to be capable of making several round trips.

    • @kevinmathewson4272
      @kevinmathewson4272 Месяц назад +9

      figures a billionaire would not appreciate that labor costs money.

    • @DataWaveTaGo
      @DataWaveTaGo Месяц назад +4

      @@Pooua "supposed" is the key concept here.

  • @gracerodgers8952
    @gracerodgers8952 2 месяца назад +729

    Wow, don't ever tell Elon how much Twitter was.🤣

    • @jamescarter8311
      @jamescarter8311 2 месяца назад +84

      Musk said Twitter wasn't about the money before he even purchased it. It was about having a platform for free speech. That said, X is doing fine.

    • @meilyn22
      @meilyn22 2 месяца назад

      ​@jamescarter8311 must be an idiot to believe that. He was forced to buy Twitter, just FYI.

    • @user-ek9go3kf2w
      @user-ek9go3kf2w 2 месяца назад +31

      Well, there is no much material in Twitter so the ratio is 40 Bilions totally inefficient.

    • @dadejazzba402
      @dadejazzba402 2 месяца назад +5

      They lied and a lib "judge...lol" OK'd it

    • @meilyn22
      @meilyn22 2 месяца назад

      @@jamescarter8311He was forced to buy Twitter. Stop the cap!

  • @giorgiobarchiesi5003
    @giorgiobarchiesi5003 2 месяца назад +752

    So let’s just use more expensive raw materials, and the idiot index will improve 😁

    • @RavarsenBlogspot
      @RavarsenBlogspot 2 месяца назад +121

      Spoken like a true bureaucrat.

    • @giorgiobarchiesi5003
      @giorgiobarchiesi5003 2 месяца назад +52

      @@RavarsenBlogspot Or a smart sarcastic person. Who knows?

    • @MrRaulstrnad
      @MrRaulstrnad 2 месяца назад

      there it is, one of the many flaws in musk cult thinking@@giorgiobarchiesi5003

    • @sriharshacv7760
      @sriharshacv7760 2 месяца назад +25

      Elon will accept your resignation. Lol.

    • @blucat4
      @blucat4 2 месяца назад +13

      @@giorgiobarchiesi5003 No, smart people wouldn't even say that as a joke. You're fired!

  • @pyotrberia9741
    @pyotrberia9741 2 месяца назад +173

    Isn't the Idiot Index just a very small part of the complex Cost Management that is done by every manufacturer in the world?

    • @user-ek9go3kf2w
      @user-ek9go3kf2w 2 месяца назад +9

      basic capitalism

    • @alexi9108
      @alexi9108 2 месяца назад +5

      Sure it is.

    • @ricinro
      @ricinro 2 месяца назад +33

      a corporate celebrity coins euphemisms. folks in the trenches are forced to learn new lingo.

    • @wkrp10splayer19
      @wkrp10splayer19 2 месяца назад

      yes. but musk sycophants assure us that he created the formula for water

    • @MrRaulstrnad
      @MrRaulstrnad 2 месяца назад +10

      zes but musk is overdoing it better yet musk fans don't really understand what technical development entails

  • @Pumba_PIG
    @Pumba_PIG 2 месяца назад +99

    Some parts have low material cost but need to be produced on expensive machinery, others using ip. So often the cost of materials is irrelevant. What's relevant is whether the part is good value or not.

    • @sean-colinfort2111
      @sean-colinfort2111 2 месяца назад +6

      Baselines are necessary. Without the "Idiot Index" how would you evaluate?

    • @Pumba_PIG
      @Pumba_PIG 2 месяца назад +15

      @@sean-colinfort2111 its dumb. For example, the raw material cost of a quality watch is about $1. Would you spend a million $ setting up a fa tory to make one and hire those with knowhow to operate the factory and then do all the testing just to make a one piece or would you just pay the $500 and save yourself a million bucks.

    • @Axel_Andersen
      @Axel_Andersen 2 месяца назад

      @@sean-colinfort2111 Idiot index is idiotic.
      Your first port of call is to check what are the most expensive parts, functions, procedures etc in your operation. Then you see if you can do without them. Next you see if you can BUY them parts cheaper. In a market economy there is a reason for the price of any goods and services and that market price is usually a good indication of the true cost of if. The cost of setting up production and the capital investment needed usually means that usually means that no single consumer of goods can cost effectively produce those goods. Like car manufactures do not manufacture steel, even Apple does not actually manufacture the M-chips, they have them made.
      And on a higher business level making anything at lower cost usually means driving the price of what you are selling down as the competition follows. So you end up doing more and getting less per unit which makes it harder to make a buck. High price low volume is much easier that high volume low price. Especially if the demand is limited ... and this begs the question for the demand of payloads that Super Heavy can carry.... the word idiotic springs to mind.

    • @snakevenom4954
      @snakevenom4954 2 месяца назад

      If a pump is made out of titanium and costs thousands of dollars to machine, why not make it out of cheaper steel? A titanium pump is good value, but a steel one would be better value

    • @Axel_Andersen
      @Axel_Andersen 2 месяца назад +5

      @@snakevenom4954 Wood would be cheaper, pitty all those stupid engineers at the other aerospace companies did not realise this and it took the genius of Musk to realise that.

  • @rayoflight62
    @rayoflight62 2 месяца назад +177

    The idiot index is what the name says.
    One Snapdragon SoC can cost $100, but the raw parts, ten microgram of silicon, one gram of epoxy resin may be cost five cents. That has a very high idiot index, and there is no way to reduce it...

    • @fireiceuk9221
      @fireiceuk9221 2 месяца назад +32

      I am mentally appending an " 's" to make it an "Idiot's Index" and filing it with the same management-babble as OODA loop, i.e, things that sound plausible if you don't know anything about a particular subject and therefore are highly appealing to higher management.

    • @TobiKellner
      @TobiKellner 2 месяца назад +35

      Now imagine the index for software...

    • @bojangles2492
      @bojangles2492 2 месяца назад +21

      What it does is force you to look at the high ratio parts and see if you can reduce their cost it doesn't mean you can reduce it.

    • @Typexviiib
      @Typexviiib 2 месяца назад +26

      I dont think you get the point, and ill use your example. That chip gets cheaper every year as manufacturing processes improve. The silicone didnt get any cheaper in the last 30 years but the performance per gram of silicone has exponentially increased without a corresponding price increase. The idiot index on cpus is closing

    • @jieli4589
      @jieli4589 2 месяца назад +4

      Different industries will have different baseline

  • @marknrogers
    @marknrogers 2 месяца назад +23

    Behind the lenses he is looking at these components to answer the age old question "Is it worth manufacturing the item on my own?" vs purchasing it.

  • @Ikbeneengeit
    @Ikbeneengeit Месяц назад +331

    Elon: "If you don't know this weird accounting metric that I invented, I'll treat you like shit."

    • @hammer-and-thumb
      @hammer-and-thumb Месяц назад +27

      This was not unknown, it was widely communicated within the company. Managers should know common terms used in the business especially if they are part of the company's unique approach to business.

    • @markteague8889
      @markteague8889 Месяц назад +5

      Yeah! That was a pretty dick move to do to someone in a meeting. Why not just share with everyone the idea of the metric; and then, ask them to think about it. I suppose there are different management / leadership styles. And sometimes, you need to use negative feedback to motivate people. The AMA defines a manager as someone who accomplishes work through others. In order to do so, you need to understand what motivates people and you should also have some understanding of the factors influencing the lives of your immediate / direct reports.

    • @BillClinton228
      @BillClinton228 Месяц назад +1

      That's pretty much every software engineer

    • @user-nh3gu1ge3d
      @user-nh3gu1ge3d Месяц назад

      Knowing how much the materials cost is a "weird accounting metric" to you? Elon was right and you're dumb and soft. Cry about it.

    • @barbados3592
      @barbados3592 Месяц назад +4

      if only they put you in charge bro. then we'd see REAL results.

  • @KidHowren
    @KidHowren Месяц назад +18

    can't decide if elon is the world's smartest pseudo-intellectual or the world's dumbest intellectual

    • @arex20
      @arex20 Месяц назад +10

      Neither. More like a cult leader of the world's biggest cult.

    • @Ootgreet1
      @Ootgreet1 19 дней назад

      The "idiot index" doesn't correlate in any way whatsoever with "value added". Incredibly expensive parts and goods are routinely made with dirt cheap components and elemental substances. The "idiot index" for a modern CPU is stupendous. Elon kind of scares me if he is this literal minded about the idea of "cost".

  • @maggot1111666
    @maggot1111666 2 месяца назад +5

    elon really pulled "physics doesn't care about your feeling" LOL

    • @raggedclawstarcraft6562
      @raggedclawstarcraft6562 Месяц назад +2

      it's bold to think that he is an embodiment of physics lmao.
      But jokes aside - it was just his excuse to handwave away criticism sent his way.

  • @DNomer
    @DNomer 2 месяца назад +78

    His 'idiot index' is itself not very bright. For example, with microchips, the cheapest chips are quite cheap, and the most expensive ones are quite pricey, yet the cost of 'raw materials' is trivial in each case. You need to employ a much more comprehensive paradigm to judge what is a reasonable cost for 'item A'.

    • @sriharshacv7760
      @sriharshacv7760 2 месяца назад +17

      There are quite a few things it doesn't apply to. At least microchips have silicon cost. Software products are virtual. Doesn't mean 0 cost. It is cost of the service. In the industry Elon Musk operates, idiot index is a way to triage parts whose production can be potentially streamlined.

    • @blucat4
      @blucat4 2 месяца назад

      Yes, it's well named in that sense. You do of course need to make things efficient, but the way it's presented doesn't value the design and cost of making the parts etc.

    • @DNomer
      @DNomer 2 месяца назад +6

      @@sriharshacv7760 Yes, but consider the cost of 'raw' materials for microchips. The actual raw cost of sand is about $55/ton. That doesn't mean anything, really. You have to at least talk about a silicon ingot, which has LOTS of special processing involved in specialized facilities, etc. So it is not a 'raw' material. His idiot index does not really work.

    • @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
      @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp 2 месяца назад

      You sound like all those who "fight the system" when it comes to implementing the Standards for Cost accounting systems - claiming that it is an absurdity to have to write down which jobs and how long they have used a hammer.
      Like in everything when it comes to analysis -therer is a "general" category. No - nails are not individuallyrecordedd inthe warehousee records.

    • @stevenwoerpel1884
      @stevenwoerpel1884 2 месяца назад +3

      Generally there are not rules that apply to everything. He is not making micro chips, and if he was he would obviously understand that final price / raw materials does not make sense.

  • @weerobot
    @weerobot 2 месяца назад +96

    Landing the Rocket...When Gravity is Free is a Hugh Idiot Index...🤣

    • @sir_albaxious1909
      @sir_albaxious1909 2 месяца назад +13

      GENIUS!!!

    • @Darth_Bateman
      @Darth_Bateman 2 месяца назад +5

      . . . . . ugh. . .

    • @ConnorAustin
      @ConnorAustin 2 месяца назад

      Landing the rocket 10,000$ beuilding new rocket 5-10 million$ idiot index of 500/1 or 1000/1 so who is the idiot

    • @Runnmill
      @Runnmill 2 месяца назад

      Biggest idiot

    • @summerbreeze5115
      @summerbreeze5115 2 месяца назад

      Yup
      Musk is an idiot

  • @kasession
    @kasession 2 месяца назад +237

    This isn't just an Elon thing. This is a hard lesson about the corporate world. When you have a crucial deliverable, bosses don't care about what's going on in your private life. It's not fun, but it is the truth!!!

    • @ToadyMcgee
      @ToadyMcgee 2 месяца назад +54

      One of the things wrong in our society

    • @Supreme_Lobster
      @Supreme_Lobster 2 месяца назад +22

      @@ToadyMcgee not really

    • @Supreme_Lobster
      @Supreme_Lobster 2 месяца назад +34

      @@ToadyMcgee when you negotiate a salary this is exactly what you are negotiating. "how much do you have to pay me for me to not care about the fact that you dont give a sheit about me as a person?"

    • @ToadyMcgee
      @ToadyMcgee 2 месяца назад +39

      @@Supreme_Lobster We're wired differently. Let's agree to disagree.

    • @kmkvarma
      @kmkvarma 2 месяца назад +6

      She clearly said Elon didn’t know it at that time that he is going through something traumatic personally

  • @galactic904
    @galactic904 14 дней назад +1

    Start packing if Elon ever says; I'll be Back.

  • @AC3handle
    @AC3handle Месяц назад +9

    Dude should have just scribbled his name and the date, and handed it over, and said "okay, here. Resigned"
    The level of 'fuck this shit' is off the charts here.

  • @jespado
    @jespado 2 месяца назад +149

    The only one who will not be held accountable for a bad idea is Elon himself.

    • @ToiChutGongFlu
      @ToiChutGongFlu 2 месяца назад

      He's the boss of his companies and loses money from his bad ideas, he can't fire himself can he? Try harder Elon hater.

    • @sa34w
      @sa34w 2 месяца назад +15

      Because he has points he has achieved by creating Paypal , Tesla , Space X, Open AI , Boring company , Neuralink etc. how many people do you know who have at-least close to innovative companies Elon has invested , worked and driven in a leadership role. Your competence matters in real life. If you are Jay Z people will value your opinion in music even if your life is questionable, same with Elon . He excels in working in Tech

    • @jespado
      @jespado 2 месяца назад

      @@sa34w I think you need to read up a bit on what he has “created”. For sure not PayPal and OpenAI he has sued. Boring company is basically gone and X is down the drain. Weird that you didn’t mention the extremely successful hyper loop project that he started and fooled many to invest time and money into for his own personal benefits. Tesla and SpaceX are successful but I can assure you that starship will never land on the moon.

    • @siquod
      @siquod 2 месяца назад +9

      Oh, he is held accountable. But his accounts can afford to lose a few billion. Only if he does too much stupid stuff he'll actually feel the consequences.

    • @alexi9108
      @alexi9108 2 месяца назад

      He did none of this. His dad's money did. He has an iq of an average entitled frat dude. ​@@sa34w

  • @shableep
    @shableep 2 месяца назад +90

    Super cool story. Now I'm thinking, how do you use the idiot index on software?

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 2 месяца назад +22

      By paying less to engineers

    • @AnyWayICan
      @AnyWayICan 2 месяца назад +5

      Depends if you are talking about developing software or purchasing it.

    • @seancollins9745
      @seancollins9745 2 месяца назад +15

      how much does each feature cost, and how much value does it add, and what are mission critical portions.

    • @Chaos_rider_666
      @Chaos_rider_666 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@LuisSierra42😂 true

    • @bhuvaneshs.k638
      @bhuvaneshs.k638 2 месяца назад +3

      Using gpt models

  • @kodtech
    @kodtech 2 месяца назад +42

    This "idiot index" is like evaluate the price of a rock by the price of constituent elements...

    • @bryck7853
      @bryck7853 2 месяца назад +2

      the idiot index would be very low for people like Archimedes: he used a stick and drew figures in sand

    • @kodtech
      @kodtech 2 месяца назад +2

      @@bryck7853 Wrong, because the stick was moved by Archimedes, which was the most expensive man of its time 😁

    • @donaldhobson8873
      @donaldhobson8873 2 месяца назад

      Which works fairly ok for high quality gold ores.
      But assigns the same price to coal and diamonds.

    • @kodtech
      @kodtech 2 месяца назад

      @@donaldhobson8873 An ORE is the name given to a rock or group of rocks that contain something that makes economic sense... what are you talking about? You better find some Rhodium ore... 😀

    • @cannonfodder4812
      @cannonfodder4812 Месяц назад

      ​@@kodtechhe said the index cost would be low for archamedes, not the people paying archamedes.

  • @polgari
    @polgari 20 дней назад +1

    I would say Elon himself has a damn high idiot index.

  • @alexanderkozlov7394
    @alexanderkozlov7394 Месяц назад +139

    as an industrial engineer I can say that only an idiot could think about an index like that

    • @ellsworthm.toohey7657
      @ellsworthm.toohey7657 Месяц назад

      I feel the same ! I realized musk was a con man years ago with the Hyperloop, boring company etc.... Luckily, he has a church of followers that are better idiots !

    • @aaronpierson8748
      @aaronpierson8748 Месяц назад +13

      This is why engineers are managed by accountants.

    • @BillClinton228
      @BillClinton228 Месяц назад

      Anyone who says "I know more about manufacturing than anyone alive" is displaying the dunning kruger effect... they are an idiot is what I'm trying to say.

    • @ophello
      @ophello Месяц назад +4

      Why is it wrong to do things efficiently and spend less money?

    • @alexanderkozlov7394
      @alexanderkozlov7394 Месяц назад +22

      @@ophello
      nothing is wrong with efficiency, but there are some rules in order to set an efficiency index properly.
      One of those rules is "relevance".
      In any industrial processes there are many costs beyond "raw material".
      Sometimes the raw material costs could be irrelevant.
      This dumb index would consider "idiotic" all the following:
      farmaceutical (main cost: R&D)
      semiconductors (main cost: equipment)
      aerospace (main costs: all the above plus advanced quality control in order to prevent the destruction of the whole vehicle)

  • @unwind-theband
    @unwind-theband 2 месяца назад +3

    The way you repeatedly saying f ing f ing .. its hilarious 😆 😂

  • @argfasdfgadfgasdfgsdfgsdfg6351
    @argfasdfgadfgasdfgsdfgsdfg6351 19 дней назад +1

    What matters is cutting down the total cost, which, in the case of self-produced parts, is the sum of the cost of the raw material and the cost of turning that material into a part, including machining and labor.
    You could reduce the total cost not just by reducing the latter, but also the former, which would actually increase Musk's idiot index, not decrease it.

  • @peterm.2385
    @peterm.2385 2 месяца назад +2

    What has been the raw material Value of Twitter?

  • @aclearlight
    @aclearlight 2 месяца назад +49

    I've had the chance to know managers from Tesla. Vision and capabilities aside, Elon is frequently cruel and capricious in how he treats people. He's a nightmare boss. People leave scarred.

    • @helmshardover
      @helmshardover 2 месяца назад +11

      In this case though, the guy was the financial analyst for the Raptor, how would he not know raw steel price is about $700 a ton??? Or all the raw cost prices of materials for that matter?

    • @island97
      @island97 2 месяца назад +6

      Yet tesla and SpaceX employees have rated the companies as the best places to work. And elon has been ranked in the top 5 best CEOs by his employees.

    • @itemushmush
      @itemushmush 2 месяца назад

      @@island97 Tesla?? The one where black employees have said that they were racially abused and said that managers call them "working on the plantation"? THAT tesla?

    • @AlainDessureault
      @AlainDessureault 2 месяца назад +11

      @@island97 Seems nonsensical to rank a CEO highly when they're driven to attain a nonsensical goal. Rushing to get to Mars at this time, or in the foreseeable future, is unjustifiable rubbish

    • @island97
      @island97 2 месяца назад

      @@AlainDessureault are you dumb? You are aware SpaceX launch astronauts and supplies to the ISS ?? They launch satellites for both private and public sector.
      By your logic. 98% of CEO run nonsensical compaines therefore their performance and management means nothing ?

  • @Nobody-iy6tm
    @Nobody-iy6tm Месяц назад +3

    I like the name : “Idiot Index”. But I would take a different index. “Total cost” vs “Payload”.
    Just googled, whether Balloons are already used instead of rocket and found :
    Launching Rockets from Balloons is About to be a Thing, But We Need a Better Name than “Rockoons”
    I am not sure, whether I like the name *Rockoons* . But I like the idea and we should forget about classic Rockets.
    There are a couple of other ideas, but Rockoons can be the cheapest.

  • @dthornto31
    @dthornto31 2 месяца назад +52

    Not wrong. These are high pressure situations. It is his managerial tactic and obviously it works very well for him. It is not easy to do great things. If you are looking for easy, there are plenty more mundane jobs out there

    • @Alistair
      @Alistair 2 месяца назад +4

      yeah this just comes across as a weird, sad attempt at an emotional hit piece on Elon

    • @island97
      @island97 2 месяца назад +3

      @@Alistair it is harsh, but some people thrive in this environment. Its defo not for everyone. There was a recent story of a Tesla AI engineer leaving because he was burnt out, then returned less then 2yrs later because he was bored at his other job .lol

    • @ACtuber123
      @ACtuber123 Месяц назад

      if you are looking to work for some overhyped, a-hole's dream while not earning millions. There's Space X jobs out there.

    • @j.ceasar
      @j.ceasar Месяц назад

      @@Alistair Truth hurts, huh?

    • @marcuspvxea
      @marcuspvxea Месяц назад

      Specially when the guy is getting paid 2-3 times more than the average person in the same job title.
      All i hear is someone who lied on his resume and used excuses to not fullfill his basic duties. Nearly every average paid person would be able to answer the questions ontopp of their heads. It's their sole responsibility to know. Pathetic that people try to excuse it. I'd get it if he was getting paid below average.
      I know several people at our company who's job is anything but in the economical department, but they well know whats bad money for the company in terms of the products sold/produced.

  • @mistercohaagen
    @mistercohaagen 2 месяца назад +30

    The cost of machining is the only thing that adds value to raw materials. It would be something like human labor * technique + raw materials * automation squared. Obviously something like AI could be used to up the weight of "technique", but that'll add a bit to labor cost because you need more specialized labor. This "Idiot Index" is basically the exact same process every corporation is using for cost savings, and something close to Capitalism's push to make everything, including labor itself some kind of market externality they can push the cost of off on someone else's shoulders, so they can steal that value as profit as well. Literally nothing new here to see, aside from tricking people to do rocket science for minimum wage.

    • @TheSachmo6
      @TheSachmo6 2 месяца назад +8

      Seriously! The exclusion of the labor in the cost is some kind of fantasy

    • @GizmoMaltese
      @GizmoMaltese 2 месяца назад +11

      I wonder what the idiot index is on a CPU? The value of a CPU can't be judged by its raw materials. And what about steel? What's the cost of coal? How about you create your own steel plant? Expertise needed to combine the raw materials has to be considered. And can you obtain those raw materials at the same price as a company that buys large amounts of this raw materials at a discount? Is buying the equipment to process the raw materials cost effective when you're not in that business.

    • @user-ek9go3kf2w
      @user-ek9go3kf2w 2 месяца назад +5

      It looks that Elon learned that primitive capitalist lesson very well. Still his water tanks rockets will never take people to Mars in this shape. He needs more innovation than material so that ratio will exceed a lot more the idiot index .

    • @Sal3600
      @Sal3600 2 месяца назад

      its called vertical integration@@GizmoMaltese

    • @GizmoMaltese
      @GizmoMaltese 2 месяца назад +5

      @@Sal3600 I know it's called vertical integration. I'm just pointing that just looking at raw materials is rather pointless in all but the most basic parts.

  • @kendrom
    @kendrom Месяц назад +3

    I think some context is missing here. I work in manufacturing as a machinist. It's been my experience that it is true, that engineers will occasionally over-engineer a part. Eg; opt to machine a part, that would be cheaper to fabricate.
    But fabrication comes with its own costs as well. Fabricated parts are usually much cheaper, but they also can require large costs in tooling to get to that point...and if you aren't running large volumes of parts, the cost can be counter-productive.
    You don't want to spend millions in fabrication tooling, when you're focused on low volume prototype parts. In that case, the high cost of machining, might still be the better way to go.
    Also, certain parts are high precision for a reason, and there is really no getting around it.
    When the video said that "Elon cares about humanity, but in a macro sense", I found that kind of troubling. It initially implies that he's potentially willing to cut corners and make sacrifices...maybe where human lives are concerned?

    • @rpscorp9457
      @rpscorp9457 Месяц назад

      90,000$ for a bag of bushings..its that sort of thing he was talking about.

    • @nutbastard
      @nutbastard Месяц назад

      He's on record stating matter of factly that the Mars project WILL cause some deaths, that it is inevitable, and that anyone who can't swallow that fact need not apply.
      Sounds harsh but he's probably right and it is better to rip that bandaid off sooner rather than later. Frankly I find the lack of sugarcoating refreshing.

  • @nerenahd
    @nerenahd 2 месяца назад +149

    Elon is the benchmark for the idiot index.

    • @dthornto31
      @dthornto31 2 месяца назад +35

      Everyone in the room is now dumber after reading your remark

    • @nerenahd
      @nerenahd 2 месяца назад

      @@dthornto31 Even idiots have fan-boys and cult followers.

    • @ToiChutGongFlu
      @ToiChutGongFlu 2 месяца назад +1

      Ever wonder how high your idiot index is?

    • @shanep.9442
      @shanep.9442 2 месяца назад

      You've outed yourself as a complete fool.

    • @michaelbierek1385
      @michaelbierek1385 2 месяца назад +3

      I’m going to need an itemized report on my desk before noon tomorrow or its absence as resignation.

  • @CesarAnton
    @CesarAnton 20 дней назад

    If he only cares about the raw product cost, he's calling "idiot" the value of human labor.
    It must be horrible to work for someone that toxic.

  • @benjaminkoch2380
    @benjaminkoch2380 Месяц назад +3

    I thougt him having an idiot index meant, that they had a list with all the stupid ideas elon has

    • @bigmock141
      @bigmock141 Месяц назад +1

      Me too

    • @CunningStuntsGoFast
      @CunningStuntsGoFast Месяц назад

      like imigrating to america , creating paypal , tesla , space x among many others and become the wealthiest person to ever lived in the process ? who are you lololol ?

    • @benjaminkoch2380
      @benjaminkoch2380 Месяц назад

      @@CunningStuntsGoFast ideas like the cyber truck, the hyper loop, the tesla tunnels etc. That are really stupid

  • @DCGreenZone
    @DCGreenZone 2 месяца назад +6

    I'd be depressed too if I knew I wasn't going to build a cabin on Mars.

  • @4.0Solutions
    @4.0Solutions 2 месяца назад +5

    People giving businesses far too much credit. Most people accept parts for what they are. Aka Idiots

  • @johnlucich5026
    @johnlucich5026 2 месяца назад +1

    In military SpecForces the Motto is NEVER QUIT-But- I added: “I CHEAT FAIR” ! ? and got a Hug from Commanding Officer ! ?

  • @LowellBoggs
    @LowellBoggs Месяц назад +1

    I was impressed by Musk's comment about "people having a strong feedback loop". If you have never taken control theory in college, you may not grasp the power of feedback loops to control the world. Almost all control equipment in the whole world uses some form of closed loop feedback. In that class, and a few years later in my first job, I realized that feedback was the key to people being able to improve things. No one can get things right the first time, except by accident, and no one executes perfectly every day. The key to making improvements is repeated refinement of process to achieve a particular goal based on new information becoming available. Interesting, I could not convince my managers of this fact. Managers typically run in an open-loop. That is, they issue orders and expect other people to make them happen.
    Having said all this, it can be exhausting to be part of that feedback loop. The agile s/w methodology basically is a codification of a closed feedback loop. A fellow programmer some years ago said that she preferred the waterfall methodology because it was a lot more peaceful. Closed loop can make you feel like you are on a mission from God, or "Gad", as John Belushi would have said.

  • @Meinejambalaya
    @Meinejambalaya Месяц назад +4

    looks like Elon wants to run a marathon distance with 100m dash pace. Non-sustainable, it's sad, as he will have more delays as many people will leave and they will spent more time on hiring and onboarding, than actual work

  • @JaimeLannister13
    @JaimeLannister13 2 месяца назад +16

    really gives me Homer working for Mr. Scorpio vibes

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 2 месяца назад +6

      Real bro, I used to admire Elon a few years back but I've slowly seen him turn into a villain and dangerously, one of the most powerful individuals on the planet

    • @raggedclawstarcraft6562
      @raggedclawstarcraft6562 Месяц назад

      @@LuisSierra42 this means that your idiot index decreased. I congratulate you, brother.

  • @damham5689
    @damham5689 2 месяца назад +24

    The us government needs to use the idiot index with pharmaceutical, medical treatments, military purchases and all contracts with companies, even with Space X and Tesla. Think of how much $$$ taxpayers would save.

    • @ibtehaj-khan
      @ibtehaj-khan 2 месяца назад +4

      Nevertheless, government will waste the saved money on irrelevant international problems.

    • @Axel_Andersen
      @Axel_Andersen 2 месяца назад +2

      @@ibtehaj-khan How are international problems irrelevant? 9/11 was very much international problem and what about immigrants flocking America, or oil imports and exports ... contrary to what some people think Texas is not the whole world and the global problems have consequences in Iowa too.

    • @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
      @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp 2 месяца назад +2

      Don't get confused between the "idiot index" and "being an idiot". One is an analytical took - the other is a painful reality and fact when it comes to DC.

    • @niconico3907
      @niconico3907 2 месяца назад

      ​@@Axel_Andersenmaybe if you leave other countries alone, they won't try to destroy you anyway they can. If you start wars in other countries, they'll bring back the wars to you.

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад

      @@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp Gov procurement looks at bigger number and thinks it's the best. That's why Gerber's military multitool is 8x the cost of the same civilian version. Politicians are idiots and the simplicity flows into all aspects they govern. We are idiots for electing them. It's idiots all the way down.

  • @CesarAnton
    @CesarAnton 20 дней назад

    When everything is urgent, nothing is.

  • @sunnymon1436
    @sunnymon1436 Месяц назад +8

    In Kantian philosophy, particularly in the realm of ethics, the idea of dehumanizing someone and treating them merely as a means to an end is often associated with the concept of instrumentalization or instrumental reasoning. This is closely related to Immanuel Kant's principle of treating humanity, whether in oneself or in others, always as an end in itself, and never merely as a means to some other end.
    When individuals are reduced to mere instruments or tools for the achievement of one's goals, their intrinsic worth as rational beings capable of moral agency is disregarded. This dehumanizing treatment undermines their dignity and autonomy, which are central to Kantian ethics. Instead of recognizing and respecting the inherent value and rationality of individuals, they are objectified and exploited solely for the benefit of others.

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад

      And we're talking about rocket scientists here. I'm sure they are capable of taking care of themselves. They are surely sentient. Kant was a philosopher, we must remember it's speculative. Better to talk to people who work at spacex and see if they are happy, or content, if the interest is their welfare. You'd have data and wouldn't have to speculate. From my anecdotal perspective, spacex employees seem incredibly satisfied in their bleeding edge work and success. Also paid very well. Imagine working somewhere where you do things that have never been done. Wouldn't that be amazing?

    • @ACtuber123
      @ACtuber123 Месяц назад +1

      @@gramma677 you talk about data and then you say anecdotal perspective. Those two aint compatible.

  • @TrentDan
    @TrentDan Месяц назад +3

    My brother had died when I was on the job, I got ZERO sympathy or understanding in my hard times by coworkers or management

    • @raggedclawstarcraft6562
      @raggedclawstarcraft6562 Месяц назад

      I feel you brother. You're not human being with emotions; personal life; persona, after all. You're just a tool. Or worse - a cog in the machine. And how they feel is not important, right?
      And definitely how people feel and their psychological state is not going to affect their motivation and performance, doesn't it?

    • @domsau2
      @domsau2 28 дней назад +2

      I give You my sympathy and understanding.

  • @me91b
    @me91b 2 месяца назад +176

    My idiot index is how much a person admires Elon Musk :D

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад +2

      how does it work or you just heard those words and used them in a sentence?

    • @GItoKeG
      @GItoKeG Месяц назад +3

      Admired him enough to leave a comment about him on a video about him....lol

    • @entrippyZ
      @entrippyZ Месяц назад +17

      The index is working, look theres two now!

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад +3

      @@entrippyZ irony lol.

    • @teemuleppa3347
      @teemuleppa3347 Месяц назад +7

      only reason to not have respect for him is if your ideology differs frim his....beyond that...his track record is quite unique with ppl currently alive.....and your differing ideology _should not_ matter because its irrelevant for the subject....it tells quite a lot about you as a person.

  • @aeopmusic
    @aeopmusic 14 дней назад

    Would Elon run over a priest, child, and charity worker with a cybertruck, 73 times, if it meant getting to Mars?

  • @zinussan50
    @zinussan50 2 месяца назад +22

    Bottom line is, it's easy to say anything rude to others when you got billions dollar

    • @dthornto31
      @dthornto31 2 месяца назад +2

      Bottom line is that he invests his billions into his passion. Which in his case is trying to save humanity. When people are passionate emotions can run high, because you care. I hope that one day you find whatever it is that drives you on that level. That you are willing to sacrifice great things for it. And at times you will yell

    • @gmmo
      @gmmo 2 месяца назад +1

      I might have retired after few millions not even billions 🤣 no passion just fun..

    • @MrRaulstrnad
      @MrRaulstrnad 2 месяца назад +6

      it's easy to say anything rude to others WHEN YOU LIVE OFF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES

    • @zinussan50
      @zinussan50 2 месяца назад +1

      @@MrRaulstrnad who exactly?

    • @dthornto31
      @dthornto31 2 месяца назад +1

      @MrRaulstrnad. The entire industry is based on government subsidies so your point is moot. If others could do it better they would. But they arent even close. Try again

  • @Doug97803
    @Doug97803 2 месяца назад +4

    It's literally impossible to get anything done - and I mean anything - without stepping on someone's toes. It's just life.

  • @JanBadertscher
    @JanBadertscher Месяц назад

    Disclosure: I did Multi-Criteria-Ranking Optimizations.
    The "Idiot Index" is a good marker, but it's not the whole picture. It ranks parts by their cost-to-material ratios, but just because a part ranks high doesn't mean it's worth optimizing.
    Consider a part that costs USD 100K with USD 1K in materials. This gives a ratio of 100. Now consider a part that costs USD 20 with USD 0.1 materials, which gives a ratio of 200. The second part's ratio is higher, but you save much less by optimizing it.
    Imagine a spaceship full of these low-cost parts. They'd top the list, but optimizing them wouldn't save much. That's why we need to consider not just the ratio but also the total cost. Ranking by total cost as well as ratio makes sure high-priced and high-ratio parts are our focus.
    I'm not saying SpaceX doesn't do this. I'm just saying the video simplifies things a bit.

  • @patrickfox-roberts7528
    @patrickfox-roberts7528 18 дней назад

    It has previously been examined in MBAs as Porter's value chain. If there were an 'idiot index' it would be surely based on the efficiency of competing methods adding the same 'value'. The real Idiot index here is Musk, after saying 'I know more about anyone else on earth about manufacturing' not knowing that this 'added value' has been a thing for a long time.

  • @salamandyr
    @salamandyr 2 месяца назад +20

    This wasn't actually about the "idiot index". Would have been better if it had been.

  • @justincase5272
    @justincase5272 2 месяца назад +3

    Whenever I encountered processes or procedures that were broken, I didn't listen to those who said, "Oh, that's always been broken," "we've been trying to fix that for years," or "there's no way you can fix that - not enough time!"
    I simply fixed it.
    Sometimes it took me weeks. On occasion, it would take me months.
    "Do, or do not. There is no try." - Yoda

  • @richardtibbitts3841
    @richardtibbitts3841 26 дней назад

    A metric. An optic. A reveal. An ask...

  • @arumatai
    @arumatai Месяц назад +1

    When you go to the super market you will realise that most food items are priced at at least 10$ per kg no matter the price of raw materials. prices have more to do with what they can make the customer accept (by programming them via social engineering) than by cost reality.
    That's the idiot index for all us.

  • @morgan1719
    @morgan1719 2 месяца назад +30

    What's the idiot index on buying Twitter for 40 Billion?

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад +1

      We'd have to know the price of all the fundamental components of twitter's infrastructure and you could create the ratio. But I have a feeling you think the idiot index is a ranking not a ratio. Good job

    • @michaelnoble2432
      @michaelnoble2432 Месяц назад

      Musk was forced to pay that much by the courts. He wanted to back out when he found out that he'd been misled about the real state of Twitter.

    • @raggedclawstarcraft6562
      @raggedclawstarcraft6562 Месяц назад +2

      @@gramma677 still, ratio gives ranking. Good job not seeing that.

    • @drx1xym154
      @drx1xym154 Месяц назад

      What is the cost for abdicating responsibility to fundamental human rights - including Free Speech?
      Where you been over the last 6 years, bro??
      While you are entitled to your thought and comment(s) - it stinks.
      You sh!t the bed, bro.

    • @Allay-px9pt
      @Allay-px9pt Месяц назад +1

      You cannot put a price on free speech. It's worth more than life.

  • @donaldhobson8873
    @donaldhobson8873 2 месяца назад +9

    This is a pretty stupid index.
    Lets take some products with Really large ratios.
    Product. A silicon chip. Raw material. A pinch of sand.
    Product, a single strand of DNA containing the genome for a custom designed organism. Input, raw amino acids.
    In the DNA example, designing the custom life form is going to take a lot of smart biologists, who want paid. Designing chips takes a lot of smart chip designers. The equipment to turn silicon into the chip is also expensive.
    Labor and equipment costs are real and important and having them be larger than material costs isn't a sign that anything is wrong.

  • @PassportGaming
    @PassportGaming 2 месяца назад

    My favorite types of videos on this channel

  • @ylette
    @ylette 2 месяца назад

    So simple, yet useful.

  • @direktive4
    @direktive4 2 месяца назад +20

    lemme guess, no overtime was paid

    • @helmshardover
      @helmshardover 2 месяца назад +2

      But the shares given to them multiplied 100+

    • @Thenakedfinisher
      @Thenakedfinisher 2 месяца назад +2

      Let me guess, you scored high on the index.
      Management usually never get overtime, they sign a wage contract. Performance is rewarded with bonuses

    • @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
      @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp 2 месяца назад +1

      If "overtime" is what drives you = forget about a career. The moment you get promoted - your overtime is gone.

    • @direktive4
      @direktive4 2 месяца назад +3

      @@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp because you get a payraise and promised a bone-us duh. I’ll take Things only bosses airquote for 400.

    • @direktive4
      @direktive4 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Thenakedfinisher oh are projects wholly done by management personnel? Who are they managing genius?

  • @user-uj9rw7un7t
    @user-uj9rw7un7t 2 месяца назад +10

    How can you all fall for it.?

    • @dthornto31
      @dthornto31 2 месяца назад +1

      Fall for what?

    • @gettinglucky
      @gettinglucky 2 месяца назад +3

      I don't, I get my news from Thunderfoot

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад

      @@dthornto31 It's a play on free fall? Zero G? Or is idiot? Not sure.

  • @danf4447
    @danf4447 9 дней назад

    at least girl scout cookies are real and they work.

  • @macflod
    @macflod 6 дней назад

    So whats the ratio on all the government subsidies that get issued to companies that deliver nothing

  • @guymercier627
    @guymercier627 2 месяца назад +23

    I have seen this many times... when people care about humanity and great causes they often don't care about their neighbour difficulties and the opposite is also very true... people shouting against great human causes saying it's just bullshit, but cannot pass in front of a bag people without giving them money.

    • @emmanuel8310
      @emmanuel8310 2 месяца назад +1

      Well, I'll rather do both.
      However, saying you care about humanity but not about your neighbor seems very hideous to me.
      It's like a movie villain.
      So, honestly, I basically reject that model.

    • @Axel_Andersen
      @Axel_Andersen 2 месяца назад +3

      Elon caring about humanity??? If we could get to Mars and terraform it we could certainly solve all the same problems here on earth, faster and cheaper. If he really cared for humanity he would concentrate on solving problems like pollution, poverty, wars etc here. But he only cares about his own passions.

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад +1

      @@Axel_Andersen All those problems are solved. Governments just don't enact the necessary policies. He's a private citizen, so he wants to go to mars. That's great. But solving long solved problems is a ridiculous pursuit.

    • @Axel_Andersen
      @Axel_Andersen Месяц назад +1

      @@gramma677 I was commenting the comment that Musks cares about humanity. And that is laughable. If he wants t go to Mars, fine, that is his funeral. But if he really cared about humanity he tried to solve problems on earth and not try to start over in an environment which is full of nothing but unsolved technical and economical problems.

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад

      @@Axel_Andersen I don't think it's about humanity, maybe it is in his mind. It's fine to go to another planet. All the problems on earth are solved. It's just leaders are unable to enact the necessary policies. Poverty is solved, hunger solved. Now we still have these problems because leaders don't do the things that are already demonstrated to fix them as they have in many many many countries. I agree with you though, really. Nothing could happen to earth that would make it as unfriendly to life as mars is. It should just be fine to want to go to mars, for its own sake. But you are right on many points. I wonder if Elon really believes the altruistic message, or if he just wants to go to mars. Which is fine.

  • @DragonLong-vs3zf
    @DragonLong-vs3zf 2 месяца назад +9

    "Idiot index" is used to judge one product floating over value or not, it's super meaningful not only considering on manufacture but also throughout human being life as well.

    • @user-ps1ft1hy4j
      @user-ps1ft1hy4j 2 месяца назад +4

      I can illustrate that. In terms of the product of my wages vs. what they were worth to me, particularly when money gets weighed against the worth of my time to live a normal life and health in all its aspects.
      I was asked to work split shifts, 6 am to 2 pm and 6 pm to 10 pm. Problem is I'm biologically a night owl. On my normal 12-hour days I wake up at 4:20 am and by the time I get home at 6:30 pm, I eat and then just flop to sleep. That's the only way I can make up for my exhaustion at not working according to my personal circadian rhythm. But when I did split shifts, I got home at 10:30 pm and because of my night owl nature, couldn't fall asleep till about 2 a.m. So I wound up working on a bit over 2 hours sleep a day for multiple days. And then stepping into 12-hour shifts on top of that. Boy was I out of it. For days afterward too, my sleep schedule was crazy and I did not feel clear at all. For me, the product of my labor, that is, cash and higher regard at the company, was not worth the greatly increased difficulty at work and being completely drained afterward even on my days off. I thought splitting my shifts and working extra was worth it. At the cost of my health and clarity and ability to have any pleasure if only to curry favor and/or avoid office politics pain. It wasn't. The money would have had to be far better to not let me fall into an idiot metric with regard to the value of my labor and life. SO MUCH extra effort and negative health effects for relatively little money.

    • @DragonLong-vs3zf
      @DragonLong-vs3zf 2 месяца назад +2

      @@user-ps1ft1hy4j Thanks for illustrating many real details in your labor life to us.

    • @MediaFilter
      @MediaFilter 2 месяца назад

      @@user-ps1ft1hy4j is that boring person who is constantly waiting for an opportunity to turn the conversation to "ME ME ME".
      Even when that means comparing their pathetic life to an historic spacecraft launch.

    • @jonashellsborn7648
      @jonashellsborn7648 2 месяца назад +4

      @@MediaFilter the user you address in your pathetic rant only added a "lived experience" record in the "Work vs Life" discussion that goes on above. It will be interesting to see the outcome of 4d workweek experiments that have started recently in several places. Allegedly longer days, so 10h I suppose. Others (mostly women) want 6.5h days.
      It seems like (especially younger) males are easier to to manipulate to sacrifice themselves to a "greater" cause.

    • @user-ps1ft1hy4j
      @user-ps1ft1hy4j 2 месяца назад +1

      @@jonashellsborn7648 Thank you. I was only trying to helpfully validate the poster's thesis before being blindsided by a troll ambush. Even if I'm not interesting, and I have no desire to win over the whole world, I thought it was useful to broaden and validate the discussion regardless. Seems positive to me.

  • @SoroushTorkian
    @SoroushTorkian Месяц назад +1

    This ratio is like BMI. It can be fudged if there's not enough context.
    What if I said the raw material and the product was the same price thereby bringing it closer to a 1:1 ratio? Like making the raw material more expensive but the production is still the same price.
    Who is the idiot now?

  • @johnocampo552
    @johnocampo552 2 месяца назад +1

    Telemarketing Robocall: "Please state the rating between 0 and 10 of the "CEO" Idiot Index....." Enter press 1 for the number input....Enter press 2 to repeat....

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад +1

      Idiot index is a ratio not an attribution. But yeah, you're very insightful I'd attribute a 1.

  • @simp-slayer
    @simp-slayer Месяц назад +68

    Humanity is not going to Mars if there is no humanity left in us.

    • @threethrushes
      @threethrushes Месяц назад +4

      Insightful, and gets to the root of the problem: human nature.

    • @jballaviator
      @jballaviator Месяц назад +1

      The entire point of starting a selective separate society free from the anarchy our home has become. If we all become dust tomorrow at least the best aspects will carry on.

    • @FromFame
      @FromFame Месяц назад +3

      ripped right out of r/im14andthisisdepp
      Shut up, solve problems, or leave

    • @simp-slayer
      @simp-slayer Месяц назад

      @@FromFame I don't need advice from reddit incels. Keep that 💩 to yourself.

    • @simp-slayer
      @simp-slayer Месяц назад

      ​@@FromFameI don't need advice from reddit inc€|s. Keep that 💩 to yourself.

  • @abrarjahin8848
    @abrarjahin8848 2 месяца назад +9

    Please make one about Boltzmann

    • @sandyago4735
      @sandyago4735 2 месяца назад +2

      Yes for sure!

    • @summerbreeze5115
      @summerbreeze5115 2 месяца назад

      Who is that?

    • @abrarjahin8848
      @abrarjahin8848 2 месяца назад +1

      @@summerbreeze5115 Boltzmann was a physicist who has major contributions in statistical mechanics and has also given the statistical description of 2nd law of thermodynamics.. i couldnt get to much about him...

    • @summerbreeze5115
      @summerbreeze5115 2 месяца назад

      @@abrarjahin8848
      He committed suicide
      Must have been a weak man :P
      I had used in equation when i was in high school in the chapter "gaseous State" something that sort

    • @abrarjahin8848
      @abrarjahin8848 2 месяца назад +1

      @@summerbreeze5115 to be honest we can determine him weak as we dont clearly know what happened to his mental condition .. i heard many people didnt believe him started going against him.. And that is what i clearly want to know what made him suicide even though it was a bad idea...

  • @tylerpan5447
    @tylerpan5447 3 дня назад

    Not everyone can be so determined and motivated 24/7. They should have each person have a tag team partner who knows their work in and out, taking turns. The 2 should also have a bro/rival chemistry making the person taking over the shift, begin with a competitive energy

  • @willkydd
    @willkydd 27 дней назад

    "If you stick with me you will win." Kinda funny given the recent layoffs, but technically correct.

  • @AL-lh2ht
    @AL-lh2ht 2 месяца назад +9

    Isn’t this like a basic business concept.

    • @austinzizzi1142
      @austinzizzi1142 2 месяца назад +1

      You’d think but most businesses that manufacture things source their parts from third party dealers

    • @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
      @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp 2 месяца назад +1

      Bingo - right on the nail.

    • @austinzizzi1142
      @austinzizzi1142 2 месяца назад

      You’re talking about full vertical integration. That is done by almost no businesses on earth

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад

      @@austinzizzi1142 Except car companies, computer companies, phone companies, fast food companies. But most mom and pop stores don't vertically integrate and in that you'r totally correct.

    • @austinzizzi1142
      @austinzizzi1142 Месяц назад

      @@gramma677 no most car companies are not fully intergraded at all. They are buy large amounts of parts from third party manufacturers. Some of their car bodies are even entirely made by third party manufacturers. This is common practice in the industry and has been moving more towards outsourcing since the 70s. It is the same way across most industries because manufacturing at scale is very difficult. If you look at the watch industry Rolex was so highly valued because it was the only company that was able to fully integrate until very recently. Before the last couple years most other watch makers were buying their entire movements from third party dealers. Tesla is becoming fully integrated to the point that it’s starting to refine its own lithium for batteries

  • @ernestv10
    @ernestv10 2 месяца назад +14

    AS USUAL musk TAKES SOMEONE'S IDEA AND MAKES IT HIS OWN... I'M SURE HENRY FORD USED THE SAME RATIO BUILDING THE MODEL T...

    • @CalciumBrony-hv8de
      @CalciumBrony-hv8de 2 месяца назад +4

      The model tS never exploded violently in space

    • @coffeegator6033
      @coffeegator6033 2 месяца назад

      All CAPS huh like a grown up?

    • @user-ko1yn8ci6c
      @user-ko1yn8ci6c 2 месяца назад

      I wanted to say how silly you sound, but realized it would be a waste of time.

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад +1

      It's just an operating principle. I don't think it's original and he doesn't either. But it's effective. Henry Ford certainly didn't use the same ratio, as we have detailed history about that time, but he had similar principles, even if it wasn't a defined ratio. What do you want from people? Going to space isn't enough, like what do you want?

  • @kevinmathewson4272
    @kevinmathewson4272 Месяц назад

    Things cost money for three reasons: labor, rent, and lack of competition. Elon, someone has to make the damn thing, and you have to pay them to do it.

  • @feraudyh
    @feraudyh 24 дня назад

    My goodness at 8:30 we have yet more evidence the earth is not flat.

  • @sandyago4735
    @sandyago4735 2 месяца назад +80

    Musk is pretty high up on the index,emotionally

    • @gtdcoder
      @gtdcoder 2 месяца назад +16

      Mentally, too.

    • @geraldg350
      @geraldg350 2 месяца назад +10

      And yet the alleged emotionally superior beings such as yourself are insignificant in the grand scheme of things. It's almost as if the universe doesn't care about that.

    • @Runnmill
      @Runnmill 2 месяца назад

      Yup

    • @Runnmill
      @Runnmill 2 месяца назад

      Yuuup

    • @quidproquo82
      @quidproquo82 2 месяца назад +3

      ​@@geraldg350and what do you do what's so ground breaking lol

  • @Jaji1948
    @Jaji1948 2 месяца назад +6

    Lucas's personal issues notwithstanding, Elon was asking the right questions.

  • @nathanroche7908
    @nathanroche7908 Месяц назад

    I hope they got very well compensated for being bullied into work.

  • @jeffg4686
    @jeffg4686 22 дня назад

    I would not like to be dead before getting to MARS.
    WOW!
    The banks got him EARLY.

  • @mewmog
    @mewmog 2 месяца назад +4

    What is the idiot index of starship vs a water deluge system?

    • @FrankyPi
      @FrankyPi 2 месяца назад

      Lol good one

  • @JP-kp9kh
    @JP-kp9kh Месяц назад +9

    It's easy to be a "leader" when you are the main shareholder and the guy who gets all the reward and the limelight.

    • @Benny360-qd2nv
      @Benny360-qd2nv Месяц назад +1

      Do you mean theft of previous work payments from Denver mint

  • @eversurfer
    @eversurfer 11 дней назад

    Each Objective has tabulated indice by derived requirements, some prototypes by defined shalls listed in a tabulated cross reference indice of performance, capability, input, output, cost, weight, durability. Sort them by cost or performance, or weight.
    This become a tabulated cross reference list of prototype idiot parts and requirements.

  • @chrisbenn
    @chrisbenn 26 дней назад +1

    Would it have made any diffrence to Elon had Elon known about the los of the guys baby?

  • @sawomirlesniewski4448
    @sawomirlesniewski4448 2 месяца назад +3

    Great material! Impressive management methods from inside and outside a man`s perspective; cause and effect of collaboration in time due to planned outcome 100% and human disadvantages; math and language modelling methodology... Wow! Thank you!

    • @calicoesblue4703
      @calicoesblue4703 2 месяца назад

      Lmao🫵🤣🤣🤣 Elon is a Con man. And has been sued many times in court where he continues to lose because of his lies & false promises.🤷

  • @AlbertoRodriguez-qx1dr
    @AlbertoRodriguez-qx1dr 2 месяца назад +5

    I sounds like any other fast food manager I ever had

  • @OpenMachines_
    @OpenMachines_ 2 месяца назад

    I’m in idiot i thought it was an index of idiots

  • @Snarlacc
    @Snarlacc 23 дня назад

    He should be on top of any "idiot index".

  • @fredrik3685
    @fredrik3685 2 месяца назад +19

    The man who wants trains to slide on air cushions in vacuum.

    • @rdbchase
      @rdbchase 2 месяца назад

      They substituted passive maglev for the daft idea of operating turbopumps in a near vacuum; the former is the only viable part of the Hyperloop fiasco.

    • @MrRaulstrnad
      @MrRaulstrnad 2 месяца назад

      yeah he said a vacuum is like an air hockey table

    • @user-ko1yn8ci6c
      @user-ko1yn8ci6c 2 месяца назад +1

      @@MrRaulstrnad Guys you can laugh all you want, but he has all the billions not you.

    • @fiedag
      @fiedag Месяц назад +1

      Incorrect. They will be maglev trains. Which fact entirely neutralises your ridicule.

    • @rdbchase
      @rdbchase Месяц назад

      @@fiedag "They will be ..." -- still don't realize that the Hyperloop was nothing but a scam? You must be one of the cult members.

  • @antoninsvrdlik7526
    @antoninsvrdlik7526 2 месяца назад +16

    Elon scores high on his own index

    • @Thenakedfinisher
      @Thenakedfinisher 2 месяца назад +2

      I bet you have the highest score

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад

      The idiot index is a ratio not a ranking. FOR GODS SAKE WATCH THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE VIDEO. Pleeeease, we can't be this idiotic, we can't

  • @colleenforrest7936
    @colleenforrest7936 Месяц назад

    There was s some truth to this. When I was in engineering school, I had a teacher that had worked with a NASA contractor. He said he would routinely see someone take a regular hareware screw off the shelf that cost about 5 cents at the time, put in in a bag and write "Space Screw, $1.25.". There has traditionally been a lot of graft in the industry.
    But "how much is your customer willing to pay for an item" is also how we determine what the price point of an item will be. The highter the price point over cost of material, labor, maintenance and plant build, the more profit is made, and the more investors will invest in the product.
    So, now the manufacturer has investors, whom by law have to see a profit on their investment. But they have a buyer who wants to lower the price point signifagantly. Easy, just lower your profit margin, right?
    The answer to this question will be left to those who work in actual corporate America... Or any other country.

  • @ApocalypseFox
    @ApocalypseFox Месяц назад

    I think the standard unit of measure for stupid should be the "Elon"

  • @user-ff3ib5oc4s
    @user-ff3ib5oc4s 2 месяца назад +4

    Musk seems very committed to always top my idiot index.

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад

      It's ironic you think the idiot index is a ranking system.

    • @raggedclawstarcraft6562
      @raggedclawstarcraft6562 Месяц назад

      @@gramma677 still, index gives ranking. Good job not seeing that.

  • @boxoffisa
    @boxoffisa 2 месяца назад +5

    Can you explain this to Apple CEO?

  • @graemefenwick6925
    @graemefenwick6925 17 дней назад

    His index range is from Normal to Elon. :D

  • @huverdoose
    @huverdoose 2 месяца назад

    Actually, getting the FAA to do anything in two years sounds pretty fast, considering it's the FAA.

  • @TyroneSayWTF
    @TyroneSayWTF 2 месяца назад +4

    I read the Isaacson biography of Elon Musk - and concluded that (even if I was highly qualified) I would never work for him (Musk) at SpaceX, Tesla, X, or any other company he runs; he's a relentless slave driver. On the other hand, to be a shareholder in a Musk-run company is a likely path toward substantial investment returns and financial bliss.
    To summarize:
    - being a Musk employee == bad
    - being a Musk company shareholder == good

    • @alexi9108
      @alexi9108 2 месяца назад +2

      Tesla is currently doing not so good in terms of share price

    • @TyroneSayWTF
      @TyroneSayWTF 2 месяца назад +4

      @@alexi9108 Sooner or later reality catches up with hype and Tesla is no exception. Electric cars are NOT the be-all-end-all solution to mankind's transportation needs - and investors finally figured that out (i.e. Tesla stock was WAY overvalued). Nonetheless, there was a time when Tesla WAS one of the most valuable companies in the world - let alone, THE most valuable (based on market cap) automobile company in the world.

    • @FrankyPi
      @FrankyPi 2 месяца назад +1

      @@TyroneSayWTF Tesla bubble was created mostly out of fraudulent claims and promises for FSD and all the imaginary benefits of owning a Tesla, even Musk admitted it was overvalued so it's funny how long it took lol

  • @Wild8Cat
    @Wild8Cat 2 месяца назад +36

    But does he know his own Infantile Index? People who have worked with, sorry FOR him, say it's very high.

    • @bastian6173
      @bastian6173 2 месяца назад

      Can't really blame him though... The environment that he was born into, with his genetical makeup ... he's an aspie and if that's how he copes with his brain operating at a million miles an hour, I'm ok with it. I just don't want to ever work wit... uhm, for him. I had a boss who was like that, aspie too. It's horrible. But then again, what's the alternative? Mindfulness? Drugs? Nobody is perfect and we're all just trying the best we can. Out of the 8 billion on this planet, he's definitely not the worst.

    • @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
      @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp 2 месяца назад

      And who is landing one success after the other? Elon of "the other people" those who always have a better skill than their bosses - wherever they go.

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад

      Wish more infants were working on rockets then. Also the idiot index is a measure of efficiency. It's like people hear the word idiot and then replace it with infantile, but don't even create a ratio. Like it's not even funny, cause it's based on massive ignorance of the premise. Like let's say the infantile index is public outbursts vs the value of the company as a ratio or something. I mean just get the premise. SMH

    • @Wild8Cat
      @Wild8Cat Месяц назад

      @@gramma677 Ok, if you don't like that term, what do you think his Algorithm Parrot Index is?

    • @gramma677
      @gramma677 Месяц назад

      @@Wild8Cat I'm fine with the term, I just have a problem with people not understanding the term. It should be called the idiot ratio perhaps and that would save a lot of head scratching. Bkaa. idiot ratio. Polly want's an idiot ratio. bkaa

  • @joshualegault1095
    @joshualegault1095 Месяц назад

    If I used the idiot index to price out parts in my shop then I would be the idiot.

  • @Wary_Of_Extremes
    @Wary_Of_Extremes 2 месяца назад

    A place I worked, a steel agitator for a liquid waste tank.... 2' across, three simple fan blades, no moving parts...probably the same difficulty to create as a 20lb weight plate.
    Several thousand dollars.
    Yeah, it's good steel, but omg the price for a single piece of steel that was maybe 20lb.

  • @montigobear
    @montigobear 2 месяца назад +9

    Life IS NOT a fucking Hallmark movie!

  • @ongwy66
    @ongwy66 2 месяца назад +10

    There is a vast over-simplification using "idiot-index" in this video. This isn't something new from Elon Musk. It has been around for decades: think of Lean and The Toyota Way and the topic is far more nuanced than just slashing costs. I hope they didn't cut out so many of the processes to make the Raptor engine cheaper so as to make it unsafe. As an engineer, I can tell you that this is a fine line to thread and any poor decision making to make cost an issue over safety would ultimately have real-world life ending consequences. Think of Challenger, Columbia and more recently Boeing. And, pssst, physics also doesn’t care about the bottom line.

    • @PartnershipsForYou
      @PartnershipsForYou 2 месяца назад +1

      Sure but Elon is still a cuck

    • @magnate5
      @magnate5 Месяц назад

      " What caused the catastrophic failure of the Space Shuttle Challenger on that cold Florida morning of January 28, 1986? From a technical perspective, experts cite lower-than-expected launch temperatures at Florida's Cape Canaveral, which caused a tiny rubber part called an O-ring to malfunction. "

  • @TheBagOfHolding
    @TheBagOfHolding Месяц назад

    What is the cost of that block or marble? What is the cost of the finished statue? Michaelangelo was an idiot.

  • @sbar3362
    @sbar3362 2 месяца назад

    My Favorite Chanel love you su much!