Yeah, but demonizing the individual because of the people who follow him is a bit logically inconsistent. Granted, he doesn't fully comprehend the impact things he says and does can have when they're amplified through the mountain of people that hang off his every word.
But the dudes Autistic, it shouldn't surprise anyone that intuitively understanding and anticipating the inner workings of large amorphous social-structures isn't exactly his strongest skill.
> it shouldn't surprise anyone that intuitively understanding and anticipating the inner workings of large amorphous social-structures isn't exactly his strongest skill
I’m not sure if you’re trying to help or hurt the case for musk, but the description you put here tells me this is somebody that if that’s true, I never want them in any power in any organizations.
You just described probably the most important skill of a leader being completely absent
... most important skill of a leader being completely absent
Maybe these are very coincidal exceptions to your rule, but if it had been absent, the high volume versions of Teslas would not have existed, SpaceX would not exist and plenty more tax money would have flown to NASA.
Anyways, with or without all cult culture around his person, bottom line his intentions towards humanity are pure, we should at least give him that.
Autistic behaviour often looks quite similar to just plain asshole behaviour. Many assholes nowadays use that precisely like Musk, claiming they're autistic and therefore should be allowed to get away with being assholes.
Funny how on the one hand such a lot of people on HN are willing to drag this out in Musk's defence, but on the other hand when the same is attempted in defence of, say, Richard Stallman, they do all hasten to point out that he's not officially diagnosed.
Unless and until we see a diagnosis from a qualified medical professional, we have no evidence that Musk is anything but an asshole.
To be fair, in regards to his actual companies I don’t have much of a complaint, it’s his cult of personality that I can’t stand.