document updated 7 months ago, on Mar 11, 2024
my hot take on Elon Musk
I'm especially interested in the psychology that drives his choices.
- He has surrounded himself with sycophants, "yes men" [2] [3] [4]
- He popularized the term "woke mind virus". [1] [2] [3]
- He has strong negative opinions about his daughter who came out as trans and started supporting communist beliefs. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- He was very upset at the closing of his Tesla factory in Fremont due to COVID-19 restrictions. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- A lot of articles have been written postulating on what motivated Musk to buy Twitter, given how much money he's lost on the deal:
More about Musk's rightward shift [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]