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I doubt it's a reaction to him hurting internally. I think it's a consequence of being disconnected from the rest of the world. I think he thinks what he's doin
by HWR_14 3y ago
I doubt it's a reaction to him hurting internally. I think it's a consequence of being disconnected from the rest of the world. I think he thinks what he's doing is both right and popular, and in his bubble that's true.
Leaving aside completely that one of the luxuries you can buy as a billionaire is that you can develop an impermeable bubble, I've seen lots of people do similar actions at a smaller scale.
- epistasis 3y agoThis is really classic divorced guy stuff. Even if he is showing a stiff upper lip, this behavior seems very transparent. A bubble would probably manifest a bit differently, from my very limited experience. The billionaires of the past that did this had a lot more dignity as they fell apart, because they were at least more private and not trying to put on a public show. But this is all arm-chair psychology, who knows what's actually going on. I believe none of the public statements from the PayPal mafia, it's all meant to influence public opinion and the statements have little bearing on their true reasoning.
- rsynnott 3y agoIt probably doesn’t help that he surrounds himself with these weird sycophants. I mean, Jason Calacanis! I’d completely forgotten he even existed. You cannot convince me that his involvement was for any other reason than he’s really into Musk. And the bluetick-reply-promotion thing will only have reinforced that. Presumably the reason he’s so keen to encourage all this is some sort of inadequacy, so the “hurting inside” thing still kinda works, mind you.