Elon Musk: Billionaire, But Not a Genius? Biographer Seth Abramson shreds the myth: “Zero intellectual achievements.” Fired from PayPal & Zip2, nearly ran Tesla & SpaceX into the ground, bailed out by Obama. Buying companies ≠ brilliance. The Musk “genius” illusion is collapsing. - ThreadSky

johnhtran.bsky.social • 15 hours ago

Elon Musk: Billionaire, But Not a Genius?

Biographer Seth Abramson shreds the myth: “Zero intellectual achievements.” Fired from PayPal & Zip2, nearly ran Tesla & SpaceX into the ground, bailed out by Obama. Buying companies ≠ brilliance. The Musk “genius” illusion is collapsing.

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aintnolai.bsky.social•15 hours ago

There is already a biography on Musk. Written by one of our foremost biographers. Have you read it? And who is Seth Abramson? Genius or not, the facts are he made electric car happened and reusable rocket a reality. And he is now taking the same energy into destroying the govt as we know it. Scary.

aintnolai.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Meanwhile the focus is on labeling?! He can be a genius AND evil. it’s called Evil Geniuses.

takis-fuego.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Labeling works. Look at all the dog-whistle name-calling on the right.

aintnolai.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Nah. Labeling DIDN’T work. Not for us anyway. Labeling, correctly, as misogynist, racist, fascist, and everything that is bad failed. Twice. The more we labeled as we did in 2024, the worse the outcome got.

takis-fuego.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Well, now we see which type of labeling works when it comes to political action and we adapt moving forward. 🤭

takis-fuego.bsky.social•14 hours ago

He’s probably somewhat “high” IQ but no higher than anyone else at the same point on the bell curve. Dingbat Nazi evil mastermind with a daddy fetish, perhaps? 😁

refl3xes.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I'm an engineer + grad student for now, and I'm not special by any means but I always have a 4.0. I don't think I'm an expert on ANYTHING tbh, but I know a good bit about many things.

Elon has way less tech education than someone like me, and he thinks he's THE expert on any topic :( I hate it

refl3xes.bsky.social•14 hours ago

to me, it's the equivalent of spending your whole education studying something, say Physics, until you know a lot. Then Elon learns about Newton's First Law and goes OMG I'm the best physicist of all time! and people believe him

flyhyland.bsky.social•15 hours ago

The more we see of him, the more obvious it is that he is not a genius - he is nuts.

hairyloon.bsky.social•15 hours ago

He's off his tits on drugs. He may be fairly smart underneath that, but who can tell and does anybody care?

How smart does one have to be to be a genius these days anyway?

boots7.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Must be getting advice from dumb ass Trump.

martinnagle.bsky.social•5 hours ago

This is a key thing that many folks don’t realize: he doesn’t “own” Tesla, did not invent it; he’s primarily a ruthless investor in other people’s concepts. As a manager he definitely appear to have some huge drawbacks.

nosferat2.bsky.social•8 hours ago

The real genius in #Musk is convincing the world that he's #smart, #innovative & a #visionary, when he's just a brutal opportunist #Trump is just awed at how much better Elon is at the con game. "Genius"

dans77.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Same business sense as frumpy. Two peas in a pod.

droccult.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Amber told me he was an ugly dummy.

karla7005.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Ruthless

vanillarage.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Behold, Elon the Untouchable—the Ketamine Kid turned Oligarch Supreme,high on power, higher on hubris. Gifted the keys to the Treasury,he plays emperor while democracy plays dead. But after overshadowing the president,will his Icarus moment finally come? Or is hubris just another currency he prints?

jamnog.bsky.social•8 hours ago

and beforee you say who him? watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFtHqDrJ-fA

onlychase.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I thought it’s always been obvious this fuckin loser tried to take credit for the businesses he’s bought.

cleo-thecat.bsky.social•9 hours ago

He's on the spectrum, but not as intelligent as rainman. He's only where he is for the same reason as felon. His daddy had money, he simply made better investments than felon. Brains, no. Luck, yes

nonoxynol.bsky.social•13 hours ago

TBH I was never under the impression that he was anything other than the son of some Apartheid Emerald mine owner. Not sure why people assumed that.

asnaroo.bsky.social•12 hours ago

In the words of John Mulaney: “we’re well past that”

med84.bsky.social•9 hours ago

And yet he was smart enough to ingratiate himself (via big bucks) with trump....guess he has that "special" something...

Makes my skin crawl thinking about my own comment!😜

believenow.bsky.social•13 hours ago

For The Record?

"Even With Real, Proven Jet Airliner Plane Expertise,
Yet I'm Not at all jealous,
That Trump Has Turned to Musk,
to Assist Boeing With The Much-Delayed,
New Presidential Plane."

"Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia or Someone Else
Will Eventually Offer Me Great Opportunity."

hopesprayers.bsky.social•15 hours ago

hairyloon.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Speaking as currently the smartest person in the room I can confirm that people often do not listen.

darthbluntsaber.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Musk is nothing but a nazi snakeoil salesman.

deborahinohio.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Kind of sounds like the orange guy. They must have bonded over being idiots, but still being wealthy.

cosmotheshaggydog.bsky.social•15 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/cosmotheshaggydog.bsky.social/post/3lioviakats2u

juliahuntsman.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Even if true his IQ is 158, so are other people's.

thebooseylife.com•15 hours ago

Have never understood the genius moniker. He acts, and has always acted, like a little boy who gets an idea in his head that he likes, and won't stop until he gets bored. There's some personality disorder going on there, spectrum for sure, and possibly mild schizophrenia. Just my 2 cents.

med84.bsky.social•9 hours ago

BPD... Just a wag!

steve.thomaspatel.com•15 hours ago

All of his projects, though massive in size and audacity, seem like they come out of children's sci-fi. Neuralink. Colonizing Mars. Not exactly visionary.

sombrerodawn.bsky.social•15 hours ago

His companies are a massive ponzi scheme, tesla is massively overvalued.

steeleleets.bsky.social•15 hours ago

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/breaking-donald-trump-recruited-kgb-34727079

trudkins.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I liken it to a thief mugging you. Just because he "acquired" the money doesn't mean he "earned" it. Musk has created nothing, but people bow to him. If he was born in Bangladesh would he be rich? Not a chance

kathleenzr.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Recently got 700 million from Trump for Tesla and Spacex

truth-and-peace.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I believe he is bright in some ways (and a buffoon in other facets), but also suspect he is more opportunistic than an actual genius pioneer. Yet…he is top of the pile in terms of wealth.
Hoping he crashes and burns soon.

jdoud.bsky.social•15 hours ago

So.., not intelligent? Even though he commands such a status.
What’s tour status again?
Genius.

jdoud.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Your

nobodysanything.bsky.social•14 hours ago

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