For our next story, brace yourselves for a Zucker punch. Pardon the pun because I’m going to tell you about two tech bros gone rogue, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the world’s richest person and the world’s richest millennial. One age 52, the other 39. Now why is their age relevant here? To reiterate the fact that these two billionaires are fully grown men and to prepare you for what I’m about to tell you.
Musk and Zuckerberg have agreed to a cage fight. That’s right. They each want to stand in a red and blue corner and fight each other. Now fighting used to be a way out of poverty for some. Look at all these all time boxing greats. Manny Pacquiao, Mike Tyson, Floyd Patterson. They grew up in destitution and fought their way out of it quite literally. So it’s obvious why this news sounds odd. Why do two men who have a combined wealth of 340 billion dollars want to beat each other up physically?
Is it a plea for attention? A cry for help? Both competitors have amassed unimaginable riches. So presumably they’re now staring at a perplexing question. Does wealth truly make a life meaningful? Well, I’m not sure if this fight screams midlife crisis or if it’s a joke, but I’ll tell you the facts here. Reports say Metta is developing a social media platform like a rival to Twitter.
And Twitter, we know, is owned by Elon Musk. So he responded to a post about this news, about Metta’s plans. And he said he would be up for a cage match with Zuckerberg. Guess what? Zuckerberg responded. And instead of saying, that’s insane, which many would expect, Zuckerberg responded by saying quote unquote, send me location. Short, crisp and bizarre. So the pair have now agreed to fight at the Vegas Octagon.
It’s said to be an ultimate fighting championship arena. Now, it’s still unclear if and when the fight will take place, but people are already betting on who will win. They’re putting their money on Zuckerberg. After all, he’s quite the jujitsu aficionado. And Musk claims he almost never works out, except for picking up his kids and throwing them in the air. But remember, he has at least 10 children. So it can be quite the workout. But then again, is it enough to win? We aren’t holding our breath, really. Either way,
the thing is that this fight is less about beating seven shades out of each other and more about their trifling differences rooted in the ongoing battle between their companies. So what if we pitted Metta and Tesla against each other, like a theoretical brawl? Well, Tesla is more likely to emerge victorious in this one. And I’ll tell you why. Tesla, the electric vehicle maker, is valued at about $800 billion. That’s $100 billion ahead of Metta. The social network company is larger by revenue,
yes, but Tesla is growing at a faster rate. And the numbers speak for themselves. Metta made its stock market debut in 2012. A dollar invested in the company then in 2012 amounts to $7 .45 now. And the same dollar invested in Tesla at the same time, 2012, is at $144 now. But even so, here’s the clincher. Both Musk and Zuckerberg want to reshape the world. So their companies, Tesla and Metta, reflect this aspiration.
The problem is Metta wants to achieve it through virtual reality. But there are bigger firms in the ring there, like Apple. And even upstarts like TikTok pose a threat. Plus, there are regulators who keep curbing Metta from gaining complete dominance. Meanwhile, Tesla’s ride is relatively smooth and faster. It is transforming our physical world with vehicle charging networks and battery production operations to boot. Also, here’s the catch. Governments want what Elon Musk is selling.
So in the end, Tesla is more likely to dominate no matter who wins in that ring. But apparently, where’s the fun without a black eye and a boosted ego?