For Christmas, one of my kids bought me the book “Elon Musk” by Walter Isaacson. It’s a thick tome with lots of pages and chapters and short sentences. Apparently, Isaacson took to heart the advice of the recently departed Charles Osgood. Osgood said, “Short words, short sentences, short paragraphs.” According to Osgood, “There’s nothing that can’t be improved by making it shorter and better.”
But speaking of Elon Musk, I came across the following story on Yahoo, “Tesla CEO Musk: Chinese EV firms will ‘demolish’ rivals without trade barriers.” According to Musk, Chinese automakers, led by BYD, pose a significant threat to global rivals like Tesla.
Musk believes that without new trade barriers, Chinese car companies will surpass others and dominate the global market. In case you’re wondering what Musk means by trade barriers, well, it means the world’s richest man is…
