I’m curious if this author can point to a specific time when musk became radicalized or if he was always this way.
I cringe when i remember being a musk fan. When he was the underdog I rooted for him. I believed in electric cars and reusable rockets. He came off like an awkward engineer type who was chasing a fantasy.
My first real wake up call was when he slandered that diver.
Was he always just acting or did he slowly lose his mind? If he was acting he did a good job or I was an idiot I’m not sure.
Probably not, it’s pretty clear that he’s always been this way and as he increases his wealth and ability to platform himself, he does things with increasing severity. Power for powers sake, but he used to have not that much power.
To give an indirect answer to your question… For many years I saw mainstream media and tech authors romanticizing Musk but nothing he did actually made an impression on me as positive or negative. It felt like people wanted a hero, a modern day Steve Jobs, and they decided that Musk was their man. They didn’t seem to care whether their worship was justified, for years, even when the bad news started rolling in.
That’s my somewhat distant perspective. No doubt people who were paying closer attention have a different take on the issue.
I’m curious if this author can point to a specific time when musk became radicalized or if he was always this way.
I cringe when i remember being a musk fan. When he was the underdog I rooted for him. I believed in electric cars and reusable rockets. He came off like an awkward engineer type who was chasing a fantasy.
My first real wake up call was when he slandered that diver.
Was he always just acting or did he slowly lose his mind? If he was acting he did a good job or I was an idiot I’m not sure.
Probably not, it’s pretty clear that he’s always been this way and as he increases his wealth and ability to platform himself, he does things with increasing severity. Power for powers sake, but he used to have not that much power.
To give an indirect answer to your question… For many years I saw mainstream media and tech authors romanticizing Musk but nothing he did actually made an impression on me as positive or negative. It felt like people wanted a hero, a modern day Steve Jobs, and they decided that Musk was their man. They didn’t seem to care whether their worship was justified, for years, even when the bad news started rolling in.
That’s my somewhat distant perspective. No doubt people who were paying closer attention have a different take on the issue.