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The article is interesting but it just adds to the long list of erratic, megalomaniacal behavior by Musk that I assume most people here are already familiar with.
My uneducated guess is that he’s mentally ill. Some sort of chronic mania or psychosis, perhaps as a result of bad luck but perhaps as a result of drug use or severe, long-term sleep deprivation. Then even in his lucid moments, he’s the bad kind of perfectionist (the kind that can’t bear to have flaws) and too proud to recognize that he has a problem or that he made a mistake.
It is impossible for someone to have his level of wealth, his lifestyle, and not begin to exhibit signs of mental illness. First, the wealth. Nothing has value to him. Why would it? Very few things have carry a dollar amount he can’t swallow. Seriously, we’re talking like aircraft carriers!
Second, look at the other triple-digit billionaires. They’re focused on what they do. Bezos runs Amazon and all the stuff it does. Schmuck runs Meta and all that. Thiel is pretty focused on Palatir. Meanwhile Musk “runs” how many companies? And people legit believe that he’s actually running them. Professional journalists will say he’s a super genius while reporting on the absolute bat-shit stuff he does and says. Oh, and don’t get me started on all the times he’s publicly bragged working his employees to the bone as if that’s a sign of good leadership! All of this is to say, he’s believing his own press.
The article is interesting but it just adds to the long list of erratic, megalomaniacal behavior by Musk that I assume most people here are already familiar with.
My uneducated guess is that he’s mentally ill. Some sort of chronic mania or psychosis, perhaps as a result of bad luck but perhaps as a result of drug use or severe, long-term sleep deprivation. Then even in his lucid moments, he’s the bad kind of perfectionist (the kind that can’t bear to have flaws) and too proud to recognize that he has a problem or that he made a mistake.
It is impossible for someone to have his level of wealth, his lifestyle, and not begin to exhibit signs of mental illness. First, the wealth. Nothing has value to him. Why would it? Very few things have carry a dollar amount he can’t swallow. Seriously, we’re talking like aircraft carriers!
Second, look at the other triple-digit billionaires. They’re focused on what they do. Bezos runs Amazon and all the stuff it does. Schmuck runs Meta and all that. Thiel is pretty focused on Palatir. Meanwhile Musk “runs” how many companies? And people legit believe that he’s actually running them. Professional journalists will say he’s a super genius while reporting on the absolute bat-shit stuff he does and says. Oh, and don’t get me started on all the times he’s publicly bragged working his employees to the bone as if that’s a sign of good leadership! All of this is to say, he’s believing his own press.