Decoding the Gurus pod nailed it with their most recent episode on a Musk interview where he hammers this point home. He's the techno-shaman — by demonstrating

Decoding the Gurus pod nailed it with their most recent episode on a Musk interview where he hammers this point home. He's the techno-shaman — by demonstrating how different he is to the rest of us mortals and how he has unique knowledge of beyond the cutting edge of tech, he gives people license to believe in whatever he's selling. Just like a traditional shaman does but it's work 120 hours a week sleeping on the factory floor + intimately familiar with every aspect of design, engineering and production (and routinely solve problems none of his brilliant engineers can), instead of going into trances with a direct line to a deity.