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And he flies around in $50M private jets and absolutely revels in the attention, influence and soft power his wealth affords him. But sure, he's one of us beca

And he flies around in $50M private jets and absolutely revels in the attention, influence and soft power his wealth affords him. But sure, he's one of us because one of the many places he stays at is a prefab house that's right next to his work.

toephu2 5y ago
There's only a limited amount of time one has. The private jet is to save time (convenience). In one of his interviews he talks about how he is always solving problems and his brain is running a million miles a minute. His brain is wired differently than most people. He has so many ideas running through his head. He doesn't have time to work on them all. He doesn't have many expensive tastes. He doesn't live a life of luxury, he's not covered from head to toe in brand name clothes. He doesn't own a private island. He could care less about that stuff. Yes he has a huge ego but rightfully so. Look at all that he has accomplished against incredible odds (Tesla and SpaceX almost failing). I do think he is genuinely trying to expand the realm of human consciousness and save the planet and create a backup plan for humans (colonizing Mars). Overall I think he is a net positive for mankind. If anyone really thinks he is doing all this just to get rich needs to do some more research on him.
- Cookingboy 5y ago
  > He doesn't live a life of luxury, he's not covered from head to toe in brand name clothes. He doesn't own a private island. He could care less about that stuff. He absolutely live a life of luxury. He literally used to daily drive a McLaren F1. He stays around in his billionaire friends' mansions when he travels: https://observer.com/2021/12/elon-musk-staying-at-billionaire-friends-mansion/ https://observer.com/2021/12/elon-musk-staying-at-billionair... And he absolutely is dressed in designer cloths from head to toe for all his public events. No seriously: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/fashion/article/elon-musk-snl https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/fashion/article/elon-musk-snl https://www.inputmag.com/style/elon-musk-tesla-air-jordan-1-nike-shoes-demarco-custom-sneakers https://www.inputmag.com/style/elon-musk-tesla-air-jordan-1-... https://www.reddit.com/r/findfashion/comments/8q43av/does_anybody_know_what_jacket_elon_musk_is/ https://www.reddit.com/r/findfashion/comments/8q43av/does_an... Elon is extremely vain so he doesn't put on anything by accidents. >If anyone really thinks he is doing all this just to get rich needs to do some more research on him. It's incredibly obvious he's doing this to be rich. He has incredibly expensive taste that goes far beyond than things like fancy yachts or private islands. He cares about money because it affords him soft power, influence, public adoration and the ability to buy things like you know... *10% of Twitter*. He is both very well accomplished and a textbook narcissist who ties his sense of self-identity with the world's perception of him. That's why he gets incredibly defensive against naysayers and he is always pushing to "one-up" others. So yeah, he absolutely cares about being rich because to him it's a validation of his own ego and also allows him to continue to purchase influence and power and attention.
  - toephu2 5y ago
    If he's doing it all for money and to live a life of luxury then why does he live in a 50k house in Texas? Yes he had a McLaren F1, so what? That was a long time ago when he was young. He drives a model S these days. If he's doing it all for money then why start the companies he did? All of them are helping to solve a problem for mankind. He didn't become a drug dealer, sell things that are addicting, etc. He doesn't run a tobacco company.
    - Cookingboy 5y ago
      > If he's doing it all for money and to live a life of luxury then why does he live in a 50k house in Texas? He doesn't most of the time. Read the first link I sent you. He stays in his friend's estate. People care about different kind of luxury. Man you are really personally enamored with him. There is nothing that says you can't do good for the society and be extremely profit driven. >All of them are helping to solve a problem for mankind. And solving problems for mankind is very profitable.
- ceroxylon 5y ago
  Is this satire? Surely.
  - nr2x 5y ago
    There's a scale for it, we've quantified the lack of satire! --- The celebrity-persona parasocial identification scale (CPI) is designed to measure how media consumers develop identification with celebrities or popular fictional characters. Identification is defined as a persuasion process that occurs when an individual adopts the behavior or attitudes of another individual or group based on a self-defining relationship (Kelman, 1961, p. 63). Identification is a psychological orientation through which individuals define themselves based on their group membership and derive "strength and a sense of identity" from the affiliation (Kelman, 1961). Identification is often confused or entangled with parasocial interaction. Although both parasocial interaction and identification are both forms of audience involvement, they are distinct processes (Brown, Basil, & Bocarnea, 2003b, Brown & Fraser, 2006). Parasocial interaction often predicts identification because people commonly seek to adopt the values, beliefs, and behaviors of celebrities and media persona whom they admire. However, there are examples of celebrities that fans have strong parasocial interaction with, and yet the fans do not want to be like that person (Matviuk, 2006). This brief chapter discusses various aspects of the CPI online survey and its use in these contexts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved) https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-08047-038 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-08047-038

toephu2 5y ago

There's only a limited amount of time one has. The private jet is to save time (convenience). In one of his interviews he talks about how he is always solving problems and his brain is running a million miles a minute. His brain is wired differently than most people. He has so many ideas running through his head. He doesn't have time to work on them all. He doesn't have many expensive tastes. He doesn't live a life of luxury, he's not covered from head to toe in brand name clothes. He doesn't own a private island. He could care less about that stuff. Yes he has a huge ego but rightfully so. Look at all that he has accomplished against incredible odds (Tesla and SpaceX almost failing). I do think he is genuinely trying to expand the realm of human consciousness and save the planet and create a backup plan for humans (colonizing Mars). Overall I think he is a net positive for mankind. If anyone really thinks he is doing all this just to get rich needs to do some more research on him.

Cookingboy 5y ago
> He doesn't live a life of luxury, he's not covered from head to toe in brand name clothes. He doesn't own a private island. He could care less about that stuff. He absolutely live a life of luxury. He literally used to daily drive a McLaren F1. He stays around in his billionaire friends' mansions when he travels: https://observer.com/2021/12/elon-musk-staying-at-billionaire-friends-mansion/ https://observer.com/2021/12/elon-musk-staying-at-billionair... And he absolutely is dressed in designer cloths from head to toe for all his public events. No seriously: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/fashion/article/elon-musk-snl https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/fashion/article/elon-musk-snl https://www.inputmag.com/style/elon-musk-tesla-air-jordan-1-nike-shoes-demarco-custom-sneakers https://www.inputmag.com/style/elon-musk-tesla-air-jordan-1-... https://www.reddit.com/r/findfashion/comments/8q43av/does_anybody_know_what_jacket_elon_musk_is/ https://www.reddit.com/r/findfashion/comments/8q43av/does_an... Elon is extremely vain so he doesn't put on anything by accidents. >If anyone really thinks he is doing all this just to get rich needs to do some more research on him. It's incredibly obvious he's doing this to be rich. He has incredibly expensive taste that goes far beyond than things like fancy yachts or private islands. He cares about money because it affords him soft power, influence, public adoration and the ability to buy things like you know... *10% of Twitter*. He is both very well accomplished and a textbook narcissist who ties his sense of self-identity with the world's perception of him. That's why he gets incredibly defensive against naysayers and he is always pushing to "one-up" others. So yeah, he absolutely cares about being rich because to him it's a validation of his own ego and also allows him to continue to purchase influence and power and attention.
- toephu2 5y ago
  If he's doing it all for money and to live a life of luxury then why does he live in a 50k house in Texas? Yes he had a McLaren F1, so what? That was a long time ago when he was young. He drives a model S these days. If he's doing it all for money then why start the companies he did? All of them are helping to solve a problem for mankind. He didn't become a drug dealer, sell things that are addicting, etc. He doesn't run a tobacco company.
  - Cookingboy 5y ago
    > If he's doing it all for money and to live a life of luxury then why does he live in a 50k house in Texas? He doesn't most of the time. Read the first link I sent you. He stays in his friend's estate. People care about different kind of luxury. Man you are really personally enamored with him. There is nothing that says you can't do good for the society and be extremely profit driven. >All of them are helping to solve a problem for mankind. And solving problems for mankind is very profitable.
ceroxylon 5y ago
Is this satire? Surely.
- nr2x 5y ago
  There's a scale for it, we've quantified the lack of satire! --- The celebrity-persona parasocial identification scale (CPI) is designed to measure how media consumers develop identification with celebrities or popular fictional characters. Identification is defined as a persuasion process that occurs when an individual adopts the behavior or attitudes of another individual or group based on a self-defining relationship (Kelman, 1961, p. 63). Identification is a psychological orientation through which individuals define themselves based on their group membership and derive "strength and a sense of identity" from the affiliation (Kelman, 1961). Identification is often confused or entangled with parasocial interaction. Although both parasocial interaction and identification are both forms of audience involvement, they are distinct processes (Brown, Basil, & Bocarnea, 2003b, Brown & Fraser, 2006). Parasocial interaction often predicts identification because people commonly seek to adopt the values, beliefs, and behaviors of celebrities and media persona whom they admire. However, there are examples of celebrities that fans have strong parasocial interaction with, and yet the fans do not want to be like that person (Matviuk, 2006). This brief chapter discusses various aspects of the CPI online survey and its use in these contexts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved) https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-08047-038 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-08047-038