Comment by CamperBob2

1 year ago

He's a puzzle. He's more than smart enough to understand that for someone in his position, the only winning move is to STFU. Yet his rational side always seems to lose these battles.

"He's more than smart enough to understand"

Are you sure about that? Historical accounts of his actions and thoughts would disagree

He famously wanted to move Paypal to Windows NT because "UNIX is for old junk mainframes!"

I think he can’t STFU. He needs constant public validation and praise. Frankly, I think he never will. 20 years from now, if he is still alive and wealthy, we will still be hearing from him - long after his peers have gone into quiet retirements.

Puzzle? I think he is a normal man with emotions and a moral compass of some kind. Many immoral people would STFU and tacitly support the status quo, but I think Musk is better that that, despite the hate that he gets.