For the longest time, I disliked him because he allowed a myth to be created about him being the inventor of technologies, when in reality he's the CEO, the guy

For the longest time, I disliked him because he allowed a myth to be created about him being the inventor of technologies, when in reality he's the CEO, the guy who employs the people who invent things and build them for him. I don't recall him ever actually saying "I single-handedly invented the Tesla and the Falcon rocket", but I never saw him take even a minute to credit the people who actually did that work, either. Maybe he did once, and I didn't catch it, but I've seen enough interviews where he didn't go out of his way to correct the public image of him as Tony Stark. Now, I dislike him because I recognize in him the showman who makes a lot of claims that are exciting, but don't pan out. The massive delays in Tesla production, the complete failure of full self driving, the more or less completely nonexistent brain-computer interface he was going to sell, and on and on. For a while, I thought of him as an audacious and exciting douchebag who might, despite being personally distasteful, end up making great things and pushing humanity forward. Now, I still hold out hope, but I suspect that he may be just another asshole with money.