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To: Qone0 who wrote (83867)	1/31/2024 3:33:15 PM
From: Sun Tzu	1 Recommendation Recommended By ajtj99 Respond to of 97957

Musk is clearly atypical and likely somewhere on the asperger spectrum. He tends to BS a lot and shoot from the hip, but he does have a solid grasp of reality on a 2nd look. Buying Twitter is an example of that. He fired his mouth off and got burned by the Twitter board holding him accountable. He did what he could to get out of it, but he couldn't. So I disagree that he actually wanted to buy Twitter. This was a more expensive version of challenging Zuck to a brawl in the Colosseum. Except that unlike Zuck, Twitter did not let him off the hook. And no, he doesn't believe that humanity can move to Mars. But having permanent stations on Mars is a great way to practice and develop tech for when we are actually capable of moving to a viable planet. He knows this. Don't mischaracterize the situation. That said, you are right that he wants power/recognition/ego-boost/etc. Fundamentally I don't see anything wrong with that. Everyone wants something: Money, Power, or Love. There isn't more to life. People with super egos want super amounts of these. No surprises here. The only issue is whether or not a person is getting there through good or evil. There are people who get fame/power by being a warlord, a cult leader, or a kingpin, and there are people who get there by winning the Nobel Prize or leading the country or building a business empire. Net of things, Musk is a lot more positive than negative. I've watched him for quite some time. And like I said, he's certainly atypical, quirky, and perhaps psychologically unbalanced. But he tends to direct his energy in positive ways and does genuinely want to do good for the humanity. But he's no Mother Teresa. PS Mother Teresa wasn't "Mother Teresa" either.