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I am not sure he is the visionary he likes us to think he is. Born rich and privelaged in apartheid South Africa, made his money by investing his existing money in other peoples ideas. Nothing wrong with that, but he is a money genius not an invention genius.

And his cringeworthy overreactions to things and constant attention seeking are now hugely tiresome.

Frozen-mask faced tosser
SpaceX, Tesla, boring company starlink and twatter. I understand the guy irritates some but how can you not give him credit. I think Twitter was a dumb move and whacked Tesla stock but the guy can run a company and he came to the US via Canada (yes he is an African American now) with very little and accomplished much. He cool in my book, I would think the more your recorded talking the more people can pick apart what you say, especially if much of what you put out isn’t scripted.

Fair enough. Don’t agree with all your points but he is definitely richer and more successful than I am! Very true about picking out snippets of interviews without context - that happens a lot - but I can’t warm to the guy ….