Аннотация: Elon Musk's plan (2021) of stock sales; new levels of the culture of inventionship. A culturological essay.
Elon Musk's plan (2021) of stock sales; new levels of the culture of inventionship. A culturological essay.
Earlier, we wrote about various achievements of Elon Musk ("NASA last year estimated that the Commercial Crew program alone saved the agency between $20 billion and $30 billion ..."), that "Tesla's market value (company created by Elon Musk) has exceeded $ 1 trillion mark on the New York Stock Exchange."
The plot about Elon Musk's plan to sell 10 percent of Tesla's stock prompts new thoughts.
Let's present these reflections in the shortest, most concise form.
Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla were the inventors of the electrification era.
We can see a similar features in their biographies.
Their attention was focused on a process of invention.
A huge role in their work was played by a laboratory. A laboratory was the thing of a huge significance in their creative work.
The financial condition of both inventors changed in different periods of time, but the common feature in their biographies was that the general public did not have an accurate information about the financial situation of these inventors. At the final stage of their lives, their financial situation may have raised questions.
An invention was transfiguring into a patent. A patent played a significant role for both Edison and Tesla in ensuring cash flows.
The plot (script) with Elon Musk's plan [November 6, 2021] to sell 10 percent of Tesla shares adds new ideas to these reflections. ("Taking into account options, Musk owns 23 percent of Tesla shares... According to Reuters calculations, 10 percent of Musk's shares were worth about $21 billion at the close of trading on Friday [November 5, 2021].").
Firstly, the process of invention is becoming more closely connected with the process of entrepreneurship.
Secondly, a (venture) company takes the place of a laboratory.
Thirdly, the benefits of using a patent are moving into the second place. The rising stock price comes to the fore.
Fourth, an information about the financial position of the inventor (and entrepreneur) in general terms becomes available to the general public. The attention of the inventor (and entrepreneur) is increasingly focused on issues of their own financial security.
Fifth, there are signs that the concept of "mission" is increasingly becoming an element of the culture of inventionship. In the concept of "mission" we can see an attempt to understand the time period [a "window"] of optimal activity of the inventor.
The concept of "mission" gives a reason to move from specific inventors to the concept of a class (stratum, layer) of inventors (entrepreneurs).
In this stratum we can distinguish, for example, the active part, the reserve part [reserve force], the general cultural environment.
This structure of the stratum (class, layer) of inventors (entrepreneurs) makes the process of successful scientific and technological development relatively independent of specific names and surnames, creates opportunities for confident progress when replacing some leaders with others.
In general, there is an increasingly clear tendency for inventors (in the social space of the Western World) to become not only famous characters of historical literature or not only well-known people (covered with fame), but also to fully become symbols of a personal financial success.
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November 10, 2021 06:40
Translation from Russian into English: November 10, 2021 08:10.
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