IMO the same reason people have celebrity-like adoration for Musk is the same reason people have gut antipathy for him: norm destruction. Our society runs on no

IMO the same reason people have celebrity-like adoration for Musk is the same reason people have gut antipathy for him: norm destruction. Our society runs on norms more than explicit rules or laws. Musk has made a career out of breaking these norms, some of which have been very positive, but which are quickly veering away from that. These are things that a person might be able to get away with (no effective enforcement against them) but which if everyone engaged in them, it'd be extremely harmful to society. Norms that matter: Don't call rescue workers pedophiles for no reason. Don't impregnate your employee. Don't put software designated generously as beta in control of vehicles on public roads. Don't boisterously sign legal agreements, harass your business associates and thousands of innocent employees, and then strain the legal system in an attempt to undo your whoopsie. Don't lay people off in such a way designed to circumvent severance requirements. The list goes on and on. There's not a lot of effective enforcement against these things but it's important that they don't become the norm. So insofar as I'm "cheering for him to fail," it's because I'd prefer that we don't have an entire generation of business leaders thinking this behavior is admirable. The marginal improvements he can make to Twitter nowhere near outbalance the harms he can inflict on our society's norms. Also, frankly, I'd prefer he focused on cars and rockets because we need his attention (and more) on those big problems and he's made great progress so far. The Twitter sidequest is an addiction gone awry.