Do we have to decide Musk is either an omnicompetent genius or a complete moron & fraud? Seems more likely he’s extremely sharp within a narrow sphere of competence, but also sort of unhinged, detached from reality by his fame & wealth, & delusional about the scope of his own competence.
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Brian Beutler
Coming around to the view that a certain kind of narcissist simply needs Musk to be a genius rather than a fraud, because they want to believe there’s a hereditary Brahmin class of accomplished, beautiful minds—and that they’re a part of that class.
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Elon's competence is hype. Look at Tesla's earnings. Look how often he's credited w the achievements of others. Look how well it worked on you.
He's prob non-notably above avg, but no common sense, no impulse control.
In the sense that some of his baby mommas and children become very informed and vibrantly outspoken about him.
Instead, he's glib, cocksure, flighty, willingly gullible, and gives the impression that he's more a front man for Tesla & SpaceX.
He can talk tech, like about simplifying rocket engines, but that's a rare occurrence nowadays.
His engineering prowess is... debatable, but this is just *wrong*.