> Did he reset his wealth, connections, etc. between each of those 'tickets'? No.
More or less yes. Read up on how close spacex and Tesla came to imploding at the same time.
> Without tesla there is no spacex.
You’re confused about the timelines there.
> These are not independent events in the way that lottery ticket wins are. The analogy is not perfect, but the way it falls apart is not favourable to your interpretation.
Again, you think it was just PayPal doubled down to Tesla, which then somehow turned into a war chest for SpaceX or whatever. Tesla and SpaceX happened in parallel, spacex didn’t get help from Tesla, and both ran out of money from PayPal.
More or less yes. Read up on how close spacex and Tesla came to imploding at the same time.
> Without tesla there is no spacex.
You’re confused about the timelines there.
> These are not independent events in the way that lottery ticket wins are. The analogy is not perfect, but the way it falls apart is not favourable to your interpretation.
Again, you think it was just PayPal doubled down to Tesla, which then somehow turned into a war chest for SpaceX or whatever. Tesla and SpaceX happened in parallel, spacex didn’t get help from Tesla, and both ran out of money from PayPal.