- Ford’s CEO said Tesla’s Cybertruck is for “Silicon Valley people” not “real people who do real work.”
- Jim Farley said Tesla’s pickup truck won’t compete with the F-150 Lightning.
- Tesla is expected to release the EV pickup later this year, but it’s been delayed several times.
I hate Tesla now but that is a shit comment. It’s like when people say “real America” is in the farm as if people in cities - where most Americans live - are worthless.
From the MKBHD review of the F-150 Lightning that I saw, Chris Farley’s cousin may be right. The F-150 Lightning seems designed to act as a giant mobile battery to power a tradesman’s tools while on the job and seems overall designed to support a Contractor on the job. Nothing has been reported of the Cybertruck where it can do the same.
The Cybertruck looks and feels like a status symbol.
Status: dick.
There’s some pretty good evidence that while a very small fraction of blue collar jobs are worthless, a much higher fraction of white collar jobs are in fact worthless.
https://tedbauer.medium.com/a-lot-of-knowledge-work-is-just-performative-nonsense-e71a154977d3
https://www.vox.com/money/23733244/bullshit-jobs-work-employment-lazy-jobless-employed-nothing-to-do
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs