Comment by canada_dry
7 years ago
Can someone that has actually worked closely with Musk confirm: is his thought process and speech as utterly disjointed as happens in most of his presentations?
Or, is this a nutty professor kinda of shtick that Elon thinks makes him seem more personable?
His presentations are painful to watch.
That either-or choice isn't fair. I'd guess it's a third - his mind races ahead (or off to the side, or the clouds) when he's doing presentations.
Many people have poor presenting skills. Just few of them get to be CEO and still insist on being the public face of the company
In the end of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIQ36Kt7UVg he is more relaxed that I have ever seen. I don't think there is any acting in his presentations
Thanks, you're right. At the end, when he's talking geek-to-geek - so to speak - his thought process and speech seem much more aligned. https://youtu.be/cIQ36Kt7UVg?t=805
I think he's just nervous like your average spaz out nerd is
He's not a native English speaker and that has an impact.
He's a native English speaker.
> There were compulsory subjects like Afrikaans, and I just didn’t see the point of learning that. It seemed ridiculous. I'd get a passing grade and that was fine.
https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=zRXjCwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA43&ot...
You know we speak English in South Africa, right?