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Regardless of whatever Musk's intrinsic and learned intelligence is, it's quite clear he operates from intuition when tweeting- much like Trump (and many other
by dekhn 4y ago
Regardless of whatever Musk's intrinsic and learned intelligence is, it's quite clear he operates from intuition when tweeting- much like Trump (and many other users of twitter). He's going for the dopamine rush of seeing others praise him for what most people would interpret as jerkish behavior (and in his mind, clearly he believed this employee was "worthless" and "should have been fired" until he learned that the consequence of that would mean a very large payout.
- elkos 4y agoTo some extent, I see this pattern emerging in many people on social media (myself included). I tend to put a limit on my social media interactions when I am able to recognize such patterns. I'm uncertain if I will be able to so in the future, but on the other hand, I'm not the CEO of a major social media platform.
- rogerkirkness 4y agoSee also - Twitter poisoning: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/opinion/trump-musk-kanye-twitter.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/opinion/trump-musk-kanye-...
- low_tech_love 4y ago> I'm not the CEO of a major social media platform. Exactly. I mean we're all human and to a certain extent we need the dopamine rush and to feel alive, have some fun, say what we think. But to be him and go out on what's probably the most watched stream of letters in the world, and say "he's the worst" or "he didn't do any work", I mean, come on. There must be at least a tiny little cricket on his shoulder saying "hmm, not worth it". There must be.