Elon vs Zuck: The Epic "Cage Match" & Threads vs Twitter, Alongside: Scrutinizing Zuck's Metaverse < Metaworse

Elon vs Zuck: The epic "Cage Match" is the most awaiting fight in the history of time, which took the Internet by storm since two of the most influential billionaires agreed to fight each other on a cage, and I don't know who is going to win inside the cage, but I do know who is going to lose outside of it, even before they enter the cage, and here is why.

The whole world is celebrating every notion of things happening in between Elon and Zuck, Even, Threads hit the arena of social networking platforms like a storm and considered as a serious threat to Twitter. 

When Elon announced about open sourcing Twitter, I thought it will be a great step towards leveraging trust within the community. However, his approach made things miserable within the team and slight downfall on the brand itself. So it's too early to say whether the bird be safe on the sky or will crash on the floor!

Having said that, Within our DNA we are still emotionally hooked on the way Twitter works, so disrupting a habit which is also a very strongly "carved emotion" to our life is literally hard! However, the way Threads work and the seamless switch from Instagram to Threads seem to be a great approach. Even though now the trajectory of Threads is down and they are struggling to retain users. Hence, Threads is not exactly a threat to Twitter, but Twitter itself is, because of the changes it went through after Elon's takeover. 

Isn't it the same thing going with Elon and Zuck ? Because I don't think Zuck as a ideal competitor to Elon, since their journey is entirely different and there is no one out there in the arena of innovation and business who is capable of being compared to Elon and he himself is the challenge he needs his immediate attention, just like the example with Twitter and threads, where in Threads is not a threat to Twitter but Twitter Itself is!

In order to understand, take a look at a Elon's profile, Through SpaceX, how they made their impossible requirements possible! By the time Elon realized, the chances of asteroids hitting the Earth is a inevitable one and inorder to prevent human civilization from being extinct, we must be a multiplanetary species. So, he planned to colonize Mars, which led to the need for spaceships that can make cheaper commutes.

Previously, we had rockets, which are way too expensive because we could only use them once. But in order to colonize Mars, we need reusable rockets, which led to the concept of relaunching rockets (something which is technically impossible). Later, Elon started working on the mission, and then scientists like Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan stood against Elon and his ideas because we never thought it was possible or safe at that time to launch a rocket and then relaunching it back to the face of Earth but regardless of the odds, he survived with the project, and now we have successful space missions with Falcon 9.

It is important to acknowledge that Elon Musk is currently the most pioneering visionary who is alive. Through Boring Company he is building the most Interesting transportation systems with underground tunneling programs with EV or specially designed pods that can travel at high speed.

Through Neuralink, Elon is literally planing to insert chips in human brain which will help to enhance human cognition and addressing neurological disorders and also they do have future plans with Neuralink to restore movement and sensory abilities for individuals with paralysis or other disabilities.

Elon already revolutionized EV sector with Tesla, Even though he is not the founder of the company and joined lately in the early 2004 as an investor and chairman of the board. His involvement and contributions to the company proved crucial in shaping Tesla's future.

When we look into Zuck's portfolio, we come to notice that Facebook was an stolen idea, while WhatsApp and Instagram were purely acquisitions. Meanwhile, the only project that can be considered truly as his own is the "metaverse," which appears to be a complete failure and resulting like "Metaworse" decision from his end. Meta has lost 700 billion in market value, and investors are retracting their funds and finally the Trending threads which is nothing but a absolute replica of Twitter. 

I agree with the fact that Zuck is a talented guy; otherwise, he wouldn't be in this position now. However, I also recall the history of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. Both Edison and Tesla are regarded as scientists who have changed the world. But Edison is more recognized and admired than Tesla, even financially. However, when it comes to talent and potential as a visionary Inventor, Edison can be considered as a Maruti 800, whereas Nikola Tesla is a Bugatti Chiron.

By the time Elon and Zuck engage in a 'cage match,' we can't predict who wins, but we can be very certain about who is going to fails. Elon Musk will fail! Just because of the facf that, he is failing to realize how powerful he is and by just competing with Zuck in a childishway and all, along with continuously keeps forgetting what level of projects awaiting his immediate attention and time. In other end, Zuck won't loose anything by fighting with Elon, since he already didn't like the way Elon is, and previous issues with SpaceX damaged meta satellites and all.

I repeat, Elon is undoubtedly the most visionary innovator who is available today in the arena of innovation and business who could change the world in many ways and I seriously thinks that, he is losing his track in many ways. For example, if a student focuses on becoming the topper of the school and performs in a way that he surpasses not only their fellow classmates but even the teachers or principal with his academic excellence and their exceptional performance leaves everyone amazed. However, the student gets seduced by the attention they receive and eventually becomes a attention seeker and acting accordingly will eventually shift focus on their studies, and it will leads to losing track and gets distracted from his calling. I think Elon's Life trajectory have a similarities with this hypothetical scenario. Therefore, I strongly believe Zuck is not a competition to Musk, but Musk himself is the biggest challenge he needs to overcome. I used to be a great admirer of Elon and the current version of him is lacking his own legacy.

Meanwhile, Zuck stealing ideas from others just because he doesn't seem to possess great ideas of his own that could potentially change the world, In other hands, Elon is literally digging underground tunnels in Las Vegas and California with The Boring Company, thereby revolutionizing the schematics of global transportation. He is also planning to inject chips into the human brain, actively working on colonizing Mars, and has already sent a Tesla car on a rocketship to space. Therefore, The fact of the matter is Elon needs to prioritize his attention, since he is a promising new age thinker who can impact this world in many greater ways.

Aashiq Rahim