That's understandable given the golfing buddies that he probably hangs around with - old money made on old ideas that no longer compete as things go digital and smart. Thiel needs to educate him better or perhaps Thiel decided that would be a loss cause and just let economics slam home the message. Thiel did try to get Musk involved in the beginning and that didn't go so well.
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