Yeah, and all he had to do to maintain that image was keep his mouth shut and let the pr people talk for him, but no that wasn’t good enough for his ego.
it’s incredible how many people just need to hold onto the ball and run out the clock and they still can’t fucking do it. I guess on the bright side it shines a light on that no one should be a billionaire. But from their perspective the thing to do once hitting a billion is to sit on your fucking hands, avoid interacting with normal people so they can’t realize how fuckin’ weird you are, and await death
I wonder what this timeline would be like if he had accepted that his submarine idea was naive despite the good intentions and just paid to have a nice setup with comfortable tents and catered food for the divers and kids as they got out of the cave (plus their families). Instead of attacking the guy and showing the world who he was, kicking off a cycle of him lashing out at his falling popularity, resulting in it falling even more, then more lashing out, etc.
Even if he was like that the whole time, he might have kept his mask on instead of leaning into it, probably would have never made that offer for Twitter, might have tried to appear neutral instead of joining Trump’s campaign.
Though hard to say because the self-driving bs and cybertruck would have still happened and might have kicked off that cycle anyways.
if he was the person to do that he probably wouldn’t have been the person to put himself in the position he was in. The ruthlessness and amorality is what floated him to the top.
Yeah, and all he had to do to maintain that image was keep his mouth shut and let the pr people talk for him, but no that wasn’t good enough for his ego.
I think he destroyed his mind with drugs, TBH. I think he was different to some degree back then. Still was an asshole, but not this asshole.
it’s incredible how many people just need to hold onto the ball and run out the clock and they still can’t fucking do it. I guess on the bright side it shines a light on that no one should be a billionaire. But from their perspective the thing to do once hitting a billion is to sit on your fucking hands, avoid interacting with normal people so they can’t realize how fuckin’ weird you are, and await death
Whose parents do I have to kill to make one of these billionaires into Batman?
He probably thought, “I could do their job!” and fired them to save money.
You aren’t far off. https://www.educator.com/news/why-elon-musk-fired-his-long-term-assistant-who-asked-for-a-raise/
Worse. He believed them.
I wonder what this timeline would be like if he had accepted that his submarine idea was naive despite the good intentions and just paid to have a nice setup with comfortable tents and catered food for the divers and kids as they got out of the cave (plus their families). Instead of attacking the guy and showing the world who he was, kicking off a cycle of him lashing out at his falling popularity, resulting in it falling even more, then more lashing out, etc.
Even if he was like that the whole time, he might have kept his mask on instead of leaning into it, probably would have never made that offer for Twitter, might have tried to appear neutral instead of joining Trump’s campaign.
Though hard to say because the self-driving bs and cybertruck would have still happened and might have kicked off that cycle anyways.
I’m pretty sure he was like that the whole time, it just wasn’t generally known. It was bound to come out sooner or later.
Read an article from his first wife… He was like this before he even got married the first time.
Yup, the way he acted towards the founders of Tesla when he bought their company shows that dude’s had issues for a looong time.
He got booted from PayPal before that for being a dickhead as well.
if he was the person to do that he probably wouldn’t have been the person to put himself in the position he was in. The ruthlessness and amorality is what floated him to the top.
Oh i had almost forgotten the submarine lash out, but you are right that it all started there more or less.
What a downward spiral.
It’s where it started for me but there was already signs that I only noticed afterwards when people started to kivk the dirt.