He reminds me of that Hunter S. Thompson quote about the U.S.: “The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot—and it’s only a question of time before all that the mind controls will run amuck in a frenzy of stupid, impotent fear.” With Musk, it feels like it is only a question of time before we enter the Howard Hughes—another brilliant rich man who curdled badly—chapter of his story.
