For one, I really appreciate his public image. His one of the few people, let alone billionaires or CEOs, that are sincere and communicate without layers of legal and PR departments. If only more billionaire CEOs were like that, I think we'd live in a much better word.

Edit: Keep talking Elon, you're the only one we (the world) have.

He’s a man in desperate need of someone in his professional life who can tell him to shut up, and make it stick. He’s inflicted so many pointless wounds on himself and Co lately it’s really crazy, and it was all totally avoidable by just not talking so damned much, leaving the press to someone capable, and getting the jolly fuck off Twitter.

I’ve come to the conclusion) however that if he were capable of such a rational decision he would have already made it, and instead he’s doubling down. It was a “whaaaaat?!” moment when he called that guy a pedo, but truly shocking when it turned out he’s still besting that drum. It was a firing offense for anyone with an independent board to bring an SEC investigation down on their heads with that “funding secured” Tweet. Talking to the NYT, talking to Joe Rogan, just... stop talking Elon. Get some sleep, focus on the business, and stop talking.

"I know I've been really busy trying to get myself embroiled in a defamation lawsuit, and when presented an opportunity to back down I doubled down instead, and I know our plants are constantly catching on fire because of our unsustainable approach to manufacturing, but everything's fine!"

Highly recommend listening to the entire 2.5 hour Joe Rogan podcast[1]. It really does give a nice glimpse into his mind, and at times he appears to almost start choking up talking about fossil fuels and climate change. Once they get into the whiskey it actually gets more interesting, from evils of AI, to life being a simulation, to thinking positive and asserting as a whole judges, police, and military are some of the finest people we have. You can tell Elon is fed up with the constant negativity toward people and pervasive pessimism fueled by social media. I also honestly think he is probably dealing with depression, as you can almost see it in his face and speech.

[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPr5-27vSI#