Elon Musk might just be one of the most interesting people on the planet: head of Space X, Tesla, and the Boring Company, he seems to be everywhere all at once. Without his Starlink system (part of Space X), Ukraine would lack the ability to track Russian drone attacks. Walter Isaacson, who has written epic biographies of Steve Jobs, made Elon Musk the subject of his latest biography, which has been well received, and pays tribute not only to Musk’s genius, but his “dark side” (or demon mode) as well. Listen to this wonderful interview of Isaacson by David Axelrod on “the Axe Files.”
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/axe-files/episodes/64d54e0f-0a94-4111-ab92-b09f01778b08
Doubtless, Musk really is a genius, especially when it comes to technology. But, as Isaacson notes, Musk has difficulty looking people in the eye, and lacks “emotional receptors,” so instead of buying Twitter, should have “stuck to batteries and rocket ships.”
Speaking of Twitter, and the lack of EI (emotional intelligence), why is he so tone deaf that he is still “tweeting” (or “Xing”) that tired and fully discredited Q Anon claim about Comet Ping Pong Pizza harboring sex trafficking Democrats?
(Readers of this blog will recognize an earlier post on the Comet Ping Pong Pizza, a delightful establishment in Northwest D.C. that your faithful chronicler visited in June of 2022.)
Recently, NBC News has reported that Musk has referenced “Pizzagate” five times in the past two weeks.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/28/pizzagate-musk-twitter-x-controversy/
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-boosted-pizzagate-conspiracy-theory-rcna127087
Here’s a gentle reminder to our readers: matters of “right” and “wrong” begin with the truth.
I had a first grade teacher, Mrs. Marts, who was frustrated with one of my classmates’ acting out, and she pretty much lost it, saying in a loud voice, “Don’t you know the difference between right and wrong?” (“I guess not,” said the boy.)
It occurs to me now that if you can’t tell truth from fiction, as Musk evidently does not, or does not care to, you can’t tell what’s right or wrong, either. What’s most concerning about “the world’s richest man” [1] is that on something as basic as truth vs. fiction, he knoweth not. A mighty tech titan, for sure, but morally? Lacking EI (ethical intelligence) makes Musk a bit of a moral midget, don’t you think?
[1] BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55578403