Musk’s interest in Twitter may ultimately have less to do with his attitude to truth than his martyr complex, which cropped up repeatedly in the interview.
His electric car business will help save the planet: If humanity builds enough renewable energy, stationary batteries, and EVs, he said, “we have a sustainable energy future.” His bid to colonize Mars, he has often said, is essential to save humanity from potential extinction. Even his story about working himself nearly to death at the Tesla factory portrayed him as making the ultimate sacrifice: “It was three years of hell … three years of the most excruciating pain in my life … It had to be done, or Tesla would be dead.”
This, then, is Musk’s truth: that everything he does, even buying Twitter, is uniquely vital to humanity. And within the TED bubble, there is no greater aspiration.
WIRED Opinion - Elon Musk’s Truth: At TED, the Tesla CEO made his case for owning Twitter—and rewrote his own history.
📑 https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-ted-twitter-takeover/
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