Elon Musk Lost a Bet That COVID Would Quickly Fade, and What He Did Next Says a Lot About Him as a Person
During the early days of the COVID pandemic, Elon Musk lost a bet to a longtime friend — and apparently took the loss incredibly poorly,
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-lost-bet-covid-005051446.html
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in what sounds like an early warning sign of his now near-permanent state of self-humiliation.
That now ex-friend, podcaster-philosopher Sam Harris, finally reveals how the wager led to them dramatically falling out.
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Musk bet donating $1 million to charity against a $1,000 bottle of tequila that COVID cases in the US would not exceed 35,000.
Just a few weeks later, the CDC reported 35,000 deaths — and 600,000 cases. A triumphant Harris texted Musk, "Is (35,000 deaths + 600,000 cases) > 35,000 cases?"
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