It's because of the former that he is able to command the latter. Musk isn't super-human. He's a good engineer with great intuition for how to solve hard probl

It's because of the former that he is able to command the latter. Musk isn't super-human. He's a good engineer with great intuition for how to solve hard problems and a good "first principles" approach. He also has a great work ethic. There are tons of Elon Musks around. What's rare is people as visionary and competent as him who are also rich and well-connected. Having someone who actually knows something in a position to make decisions about the allocation of large amounts of capitol yields results so amazing that they appear super-human, which buys him a hell of a reality distortion field and a lot of slack for being eccentric. Musk got rich more or less by accident. The systems that advance people to those heights select for competence in the areas of social and financial advancement, not practical engineering or creativity, hence his rarity. Of course today it's probably better than it ever has been in all of history. Historically the way to wealth and power was to brainwash a large number of people into killing (and risking their lives) for you and then sitting back and reaping the reward. That's still a thing, but at least now there are other routes.