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The thing that gets me is the way he propagates the idea that one person is responsible for his successes. There are many brilliant people and teams that work
by dm319 4y ago
The thing that gets me is the way he propagates the idea that one person is responsible for his successes. There are many brilliant people and teams that work for his companies, but he doesn't promote them like they clearly deserve, instead wearing this persona of "of course I'm a bit weird, but I'm so amazing because I'm so successful at these things". To me this strikes me as narcissism/egocentrism, and I'm not surprised that he flew into a rage when the diver told him where to stick it because that seriously impacted on his ego.
- tommiegannert 4y agoWhile I agree with you, he's had plenty of help by media. I noticed a few years ago that headlines went the pattern of "Intel says", "Twitter says" and "Google says." With Tesla, though, it was always "Elon Musk says..." Media made a character out of him as much as his own Twitter feed did. Perhaps that was him playing the media fiddle perfectly. Perhaps they also wanted to craft a personal cult around someone, and he was just there at the right time.
- seunosewa 4y agoThat's because he's usually the one talking on Tesla's behalf. He tweets.