{"id":11215,"date":"2023-08-16T10:38:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T08:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/16\/elon-musk-wont-fight-mark-zuckerberg-because-he-knows-he-will-lose-hamilton-nolan\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T10:38:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T08:38:06","slug":"elon-musk-wont-fight-mark-zuckerberg-because-he-knows-he-will-lose-hamilton-nolan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/16\/elon-musk-wont-fight-mark-zuckerberg-because-he-knows-he-will-lose-hamilton-nolan\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk won\u2019t fight Mark Zuckerberg \u2013 because he knows he will lose | Hamilton Nolan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s richest and most cowardly man, Musk, proposed an idiotic cage-match, then came up with every excuse not to actually do it<\/p>\n<p>Never challenge anyone to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamiltonnolan.com\/p\/against-testosterone-poisoned-society\">fight<\/a>. Not even if you think you would win. <em>Especially<\/em> not if you think you would win. To break this commandment is to invite the wrath of all universal karma down upon your head. It is to engage in the folly of hubris, to break the prohibition against violence, and to set oneself up as a poster child for \u201cgetting what\u2019s coming to you\u201d. As a general rule, the people who forge ahead in defiance of this wisdom do so only because they are spoiled, confidence-poisoned children who can only learn things the hard way.<\/p>\n<p>Having $200bn only makes all of these poisonous characteristics more potent. But unlike most things, money cannot protect you from the consequences of this particular mistake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamiltonnolan.com\/\">Hamilton Nolan<\/a> is a writer based in New York City and a member of the WGAE<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2023\/aug\/16\/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-cage-fight\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d2bb01e165157b6d15cf57f3afec62674a2dcf62\/0_21_5814_3489\/master\/5814.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=796786f53d5e13847f1f230be9a5ed7f\" title=\"Elon Musk won\u2019t fight Mark Zuckerberg \u2013 because he knows he will lose | Hamilton Nolan\" \/>America\u2019s richest and most cowardly man, Musk, proposed an idiotic cage-match, then came up with every excuse not to actually do it<br \/>\nNever challenge anyone to a fight. Not even if you think you would win. Especially not if you think you would win. To break this commandment is to invite the wrath of all universal karma down upon your head. It is to engage in the folly of hubris, to break the prohibition against violence, and to set oneself up as a poster child for \u201cgetting what\u2019s coming to you\u201d. As a general rule, the people who forge ahead in defiance of this wisdom do so only because they are spoiled, confidence-poisoned children who can only learn things the hard way.<br \/>\nHaving $200bn only makes all of these poisonous characteristics more potent. But unlike most things, money cannot protect you from the consequences of this particular mistake.<br \/>\nHamilton Nolan is a writer based in New York City and a member of the WGAE Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s richest and most cowardly man, Musk, proposed an idiotic cage-match, then came up with every excuse not to actually do it Never challenge anyone to a fight. Not even if you think you would win. Especially not if you think you would win. To break this commandment is to invite the wrath of all &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/16\/elon-musk-wont-fight-mark-zuckerberg-because-he-knows-he-will-lose-hamilton-nolan\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Elon Musk won\u2019t fight Mark Zuckerberg \u2013 because he knows he will lose | Hamilton Nolan<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11215"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}