Actually, he has Asperger's and is both brilliant and cursed as a result. He will struggle forever with personal relationships but his mind works (or shortcuts) through problems in ways most cannot. I think his "inhumanity" is a result of the Asperger's (i.e. it's a detachment disorder). That said, the fact that he's capable of humili…
Actually, he has Asperger's and is both brilliant and cursed as a result. He will struggle forever with personal relationships but his mind works (or shortcuts) through problems in ways most cannot. I think his "inhumanity" is a result of the Asperger's (i.e. it's a detachment disorder). That said, the fact that he's capable of humility (which is what he demonstrated when he admitted he discovered he'd been wrong to vote for leftist politicians and their policies) given the power and wealth he's amassed is pretty extraordinary. That's the only thing that gives me hope for him...
He's a bit of a conundrum that's for sure. But the word is his parents were both into Eugenics....
And if he really was interested in cutting edge clean technology he should have picked up Stanley Meyer's Water Car.
Pour water/seawater in your tank, split the water molecule, burn the hydrogen, on demand, release the oxygen.
If a cell phone has more capability than than a building full of computers a few decades ago, but we are running basically the same engine for 100 years to get around that SHOULD lead to some questions, don't ya think??
His parents were a train wreck (at least as far as their relationship to each other) and he's completely estranged from his father (who was a monster/psychopath from everything I have read). I wouldn't attribute anything his parents said/did to him, necessarily.
As for clean tech, he's come straight out an admitted that it makes no economic (or climate) sense (even as he's reimagined it) and is really a temporary pet project. His goal is to move beyond Earth.
As for your last point, that sounds very intriguing. Is it scientifically possible? Sustainable? And are you saying that it's the Corporatist Giants in the Energy/Auto sector that have regulatory capture over any attempt at moving into truly sustainable fuels? (I could totally buy that.)
"estranged from his father (who was a monster/psychopath from everything I have read)" Have not read that - just know he owned an emerald mine in apartheid South Africa and were rich - like the parents of Gates, Bezos and all our other so-called self-made people...
It's a pretty fascinating (awful) story if you research Musk Sr. Yes, he was rich, but such a psycho that Mrs. Musk grabbed the kids and left for America with absolutely nothing (in terms of riches) to start over in a place where she and the kids could be safe from their father.
Actually, he has Asperger's and is both brilliant and cursed as a result. He will struggle forever with personal relationships but his mind works (or shortcuts) through problems in ways most cannot. I think his "inhumanity" is a result of the Asperger's (i.e. it's a detachment disorder). That said, the fact that he's capable of humility (which is what he demonstrated when he admitted he discovered he'd been wrong to vote for leftist politicians and their policies) given the power and wealth he's amassed is pretty extraordinary. That's the only thing that gives me hope for him...
He's a bit of a conundrum that's for sure. But the word is his parents were both into Eugenics....
And if he really was interested in cutting edge clean technology he should have picked up Stanley Meyer's Water Car.
Pour water/seawater in your tank, split the water molecule, burn the hydrogen, on demand, release the oxygen.
If a cell phone has more capability than than a building full of computers a few decades ago, but we are running basically the same engine for 100 years to get around that SHOULD lead to some questions, don't ya think??
His parents were a train wreck (at least as far as their relationship to each other) and he's completely estranged from his father (who was a monster/psychopath from everything I have read). I wouldn't attribute anything his parents said/did to him, necessarily.
As for clean tech, he's come straight out an admitted that it makes no economic (or climate) sense (even as he's reimagined it) and is really a temporary pet project. His goal is to move beyond Earth.
As for your last point, that sounds very intriguing. Is it scientifically possible? Sustainable? And are you saying that it's the Corporatist Giants in the Energy/Auto sector that have regulatory capture over any attempt at moving into truly sustainable fuels? (I could totally buy that.)
"estranged from his father (who was a monster/psychopath from everything I have read)" Have not read that - just know he owned an emerald mine in apartheid South Africa and were rich - like the parents of Gates, Bezos and all our other so-called self-made people...
It's a pretty fascinating (awful) story if you research Musk Sr. Yes, he was rich, but such a psycho that Mrs. Musk grabbed the kids and left for America with absolutely nothing (in terms of riches) to start over in a place where she and the kids could be safe from their father.