Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk has been volatile his whole life
Author Walter Isaacson joins Morning Joe to discuss revelations from his new biography of Elon Musk.
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Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk has been volatile his whole life
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Typical mad redhatter
@ryblack5032
9 ай бұрын
TDS is REAL 🤣
@TaytesHugeCaulk
9 ай бұрын
@@ryblack5032Trump Devotion Sickness
Narcissists are nice and inspiring one moment, mean and fearsome the next. How come people are still surprised when they encounter such a person?
@davidc3943
9 ай бұрын
You are speaking about Biden in this right?
@Perspectiveon
9 ай бұрын
For a society that breed, feed, worship and display them 24/7 that is strange indeed.
@Taricus
9 ай бұрын
@@davidc3943 Grow up.... 😒🙄
@davidc3943
9 ай бұрын
@@Taricus fully grown. Are you?
@DarthSailorMoo
9 ай бұрын
@@davidc3943 Go play outside. The adults are talking.
"Elon Musk cares as much about free speech as Jeff Bezos cares about workers' rights." Angry Birds is a better name for twitter.
@trumpisgoingtoprison177
9 ай бұрын
@@mailfraudvoter6620musk didn’t start Twitter, Bozo
@TRE45ON.is.Bat5hit.Crazy.U.S.G
9 ай бұрын
@@trumpisgoingtoprison177 That's true and neither Tesla. Elon Musk lied about starting with nothing Facts: His family owns a Emeralds and Diamond business and give him the $$$, he purchased TESLA after the company was doing well.
@TaytesHugeCaulk
9 ай бұрын
@@mailfraudvoter6620🍿🍿🍿
@muddywater4505
9 ай бұрын
The democrat (dirt bag) base are proud of themselves.. they used the First Amendment to justify the burning of the American flag over the weekend.
@sassysaint3096
9 ай бұрын
Misinformation Twit. Lie Twit Rabbit Hole Twit Black Hole Twit Twistie Twit Brainwashing Twit
I don’t know why people want to believe billionaires are somehow like Tony Stark or Bruce Wayne. Maybe they should think more of a Lex Luthor type of billionaire.
@louistully3831
9 ай бұрын
yet you took 12 injections because bill gates told you to.
@turretplug6858
9 ай бұрын
I can’t believe you Libs are still mad that other people have things you don’t. Like a bunch of angry children, mad because another kid has a toy you want.
@TaytesHugeCaulk
9 ай бұрын
@@mailfraudvoter6620There is help available for severe anger issues
@EB-du3vh
9 ай бұрын
And politicians are Jesus Christ himself coming to save the poor 😂
@Gia-ye8vq
9 ай бұрын
you voted for Biden lol...
Unfortunately, when a rich guy has a bad father relationship, the rest of us have to suffer too. Many, many people have had crappy fathers.
@yellowblanka6058
9 ай бұрын
Maybe he could get some therapy, he certainly can afford it.
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
What are you talking about? This is what men do. Sorry that you hate men. Stop playing victim, we live in a society run by women. Hence you tried to reframe his behavior to a woman’s standard.
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
Maybe blame the mothers for choosing those crappy fathers, women have the power to choose who lives and dies, so it really is the woman’s fault
@cheickfall7399
8 ай бұрын
Exactly... Why we have to be their targets? lol
@kullekusk8136
8 ай бұрын
In which way has Elon made you suffer?
all the 911 pilots where from saudi
@drewsimoncomedy
9 ай бұрын
Hey don’t you talk about our allies like that
@EB-du3vh
9 ай бұрын
Crazy how we had to learn that from Vivek
@drewsimoncomedy
9 ай бұрын
@@EB-du3vh Ron Paul tried to tell us in 2008 but nobody wanted to listen
@EB-du3vh
9 ай бұрын
@@drewsimoncomedy sounds right
@WH0oo...
9 ай бұрын
@@GarrishChristopherRobin777you just said facts are irrelevant.
Wealth affords you the ability to be volatile and still Make it. Anyone that's working class or poor and volatile won't make it. They don't have the resources to bounce back.
@hks2377
9 ай бұрын
It’s not “bouncing back”, it’s the privilege of not being held accountable for unethical, illegal or erratic behavior.
@robcormier210
9 ай бұрын
Also it's funny when folks think people like Elon are financial geniuses. As a working class person you have maybe one chance in a lifetime to become wealthy(with little rooney for error). As a child of wealth and privilege, you have the option to try many ventures with family capital until something works.
@davidwilliamson9333
9 ай бұрын
Your just mad cause he said" The Democratic party has been hijacked by extremists " which is true 👍. MSNBC desperate to discredit him .ha ha ha ha 😂 😆 😄 🤣 😜
@ginjjiigok364
9 ай бұрын
Another day of msnbc bashing anyone who doesnt bend over for the deep state establishment.
@ginjjiigok364
9 ай бұрын
MSNBC stand for propaganda and censorship. read between the lines
it's not asperger, elon is a rich psycho
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
No he is just better than you
Being wealthy doesn't mean one is unflawed.
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
No one said that
Stop making excuses for Elon. I know people on the Spectrum who are kind and considerate and not jerks.
@lornam3637
9 ай бұрын
Exactly!
@stillstymied
9 ай бұрын
I think he has a personality disorder.
@democracy189
9 ай бұрын
True. And some are extremely dangerous.
@ginjjiigok364
9 ай бұрын
Another day of msnbc bashing anyone who doesnt bend over for the deep state establishment.
@fufu3539
9 ай бұрын
ADL sucks though.
Volatile? He's always been a callous + clinical socio-path.
@blakethegreatone2058
9 ай бұрын
He stopped ww3
@EB-du3vh
9 ай бұрын
Not before he bought Twitter. Crazy how that changed the government’s perception of him
@eskiltester3913
9 ай бұрын
@@blakethegreatone2058no he didn't
@blakethegreatone2058
9 ай бұрын
@@eskiltester3913 yes, he did.
@stillstymied
9 ай бұрын
He sounds like a Borderline, those Jekyll Hyde moods, black and white thinking.
9:47 Rev. Al, I think he's not necessarily bipolar, he's a compass with the pointer spinning out of control. He claims to be a free speech absolutist, yet he blocks people that reply in opposition to his posts. So much for absolutism.
@j.7701
9 ай бұрын
Race baiter Al, been grifting for decades
@nccamsc
8 ай бұрын
he is a fragile narcissist
With anyone else, it would be called schizophrenia?
@lapidaryland
9 ай бұрын
@saramill2097 Oh yeah, you want some?
@lapidaryland
9 ай бұрын
@saramill2097 no more whiney corrupt Christian bs? Like gods going to fix it .. or take his traitors away?
It's rather telling that in order to describe Elon Musk so many people have to go back to his childhood. It's almost as though he's a maladjusted man-baby incapable of functioning among sane and rational adults, or something.
@johnarnold893
9 ай бұрын
@ct5625..........Musk seems to be functioning pretty well considering all the achievements he has accomplished. How many rocket companies have you started that NASA lets take people to the ISS.
@pattydonohue5452
9 ай бұрын
Sounds like Gump.
@IDontBuyIt50
9 ай бұрын
well, he's obviously capable of functioning, but the rest is spot on. Its hard to tell though from your example....I mean you mention this fictional place where there are groups of rational and sane adults. where might that be?
@valleyboy314
9 ай бұрын
I think that is the general idea of the book.
@ginjjiigok364
9 ай бұрын
MSNBC smear anyone who isnt in bed with the establishment
On 9/11 we must always realize J6 was much much worse
@mr.winkie
9 ай бұрын
At its core, agreed. External terrorism vs. internal terrorism. International vs. domestic. The MAGA movement, Trump, Musk r rotting America from the inside out.
@ronaldking1054
9 ай бұрын
If you mean whether the event was more likely to end up destroying the American government, then January 6th was worse. If you mean how many people died, 9/11 was worse. I'm not sure which is worse in which was more potentially damaging to American foreign relations. 9/11 led to wars that damaged various relationships with allies. January 6th was trying to keep the man that seemed to be purposefully sabotaging relationships with allies trying to force his way back into office. While you were trying to be sarcastic, it isn't hard to analyze what events do.
@chuckp_again_and_again
9 ай бұрын
This is the ultimate comment for measuring just how asleep someone can be.
@ryblack5032
9 ай бұрын
Get a Grip on Reality 😂😂😂 Turn Off cnn and Msdnc
@WH0oo...
9 ай бұрын
J6 > 911 🤜🤛
Look at his private life you’ll see how volatile he is
@mikebrigs1218
9 ай бұрын
ARE YOU STILL CRYING OVER LOSEING TWITTER??? IS FREE SPEECH TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO HANDLE??? LOL!!!
@blakethegreatone2058
9 ай бұрын
He also stopped ww3.
@eduardovillagomez3675
9 ай бұрын
@@mikebrigs1218Twitter is his private life?
@jmswillow5969
9 ай бұрын
@@mikebrigs1218it is spelled losing maqat.
@GerryRR
9 ай бұрын
@@mikebrigs1218apparently it's too much for Elon Musk to handle because he wants to sue the ACLU for saying things he doesn't like 😂😂😂
twitter fail !
@EB-du3vh
9 ай бұрын
It actually doing better Statistically since he bought it…
@tomcassidy2525
9 ай бұрын
@@EB-du3vh Statistics from elon
@EB-du3vh
9 ай бұрын
@@tomcassidy2525 I’m not aware of him ever lying about any statistics with any company he owns … are you?
@colinyandon6137
9 ай бұрын
Twitter with an X is called szhitter! And that's exactly where it's gone!
@tomcassidy2525
9 ай бұрын
@@EB-du3vh so your not aware means he does not lie ?
The word ‘dark’ is doing a lot of work here. Does it mean violent? Sadistic? Things get so euphemistic when people are wealthy and white.
@professorsprout3382
9 ай бұрын
Well said. I'm going with delusional and a side of sadism but hopefully in retrograde at the moment , yes he scares the crap out of me.
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
Sounds like you are racist
Come on. Edison was an inventor. Musk is a salesman. No comparison.
@mikehappy2620
9 ай бұрын
Was Henery Ford just a salesman?
@pennyrutter2782
9 ай бұрын
Exactly!!!! And Edison stole half his stuff from Tesla!
@jacquelynbrickman2982
9 ай бұрын
Edison was a psychopath. When Tesla came out with free energy Edison killed an elephant publicly and blamed it on Tesla's energy. Who electrocutes a beautiful innocent animal who just wants to exist to sensationalize a point that is actually a lie. Edison was a thief a con man and was the precursor to Musk.
@davidt3956
9 ай бұрын
Edison ran a lab, the folks in it did most of the invention. He was also a saleman to both consumers and governments. That's not much different than Musk.
@roxanaandrews2884
9 ай бұрын
Nikola Tesla was an inventor and a genius !!! Elon is a dark mad individual !
Elon Musk is now a Russian asset. That’s all anyone ever needs to know about Elon Musk.
@thedearleader7054
9 ай бұрын
Cool conspiracy theory bro. 🤣😂🤣 Next time try wearing the tinfoil hat.
@justinfaulkner4663
9 ай бұрын
100% Sanstar, you nailed it
@DarthSailorMoo
9 ай бұрын
@@thedearleader7054At least it's more believable than your impossible theory of thermostats stealing elections.
@hoiner140
9 ай бұрын
@@thedearleader7054 nice profile pic, who is that? Traitor-Trump?
@thedearleader7054
9 ай бұрын
@@hoiner140 take a closer look. It’s the dementia riddled kid diddler that you voted for.
Split personality? I am not surprised.
@ryblack5032
9 ай бұрын
@saramill2097😂😂😂
@changeshifter4852
9 ай бұрын
@saramill2097 welcome back troll
@jackl4laughs
9 ай бұрын
He doesn't have DID, not something to joke about.
@jackl4laughs
9 ай бұрын
@@changeshifter4852 Sara is Winston, they don't leave just swap around accounts.
@changeshifter4852
9 ай бұрын
@@jackl4laughs Good to know, thank you! 👍🏻
Love Walter Isaacson, his biography of Einstein was superb
@abrakkehakka1357
9 ай бұрын
Relatively to what?
@Phoniv
9 ай бұрын
relative to your writing skills :)@@abrakkehakka1357
@kevinlutz5994
9 ай бұрын
Maybe I read it a few years ago from the library.
It just feels very dangerous to have someone that's all over the place, emotionally, wield that much power and control that much technology. He bears great scrutiny and caution.
@ryblack5032
9 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@mikebrigs1218
9 ай бұрын
ARE YOU STILL CRYING OVER LOSEING TWITTER??? IS FREE SPEECH TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO HANDLE??? LOL!!!
@Sujaljaina
9 ай бұрын
Both right wing and left wing have their share of billionaires supporting their causes elon just care to be more right leaning but there are other left leaners like warren buffet or George soros who funds left campaigns
@brankobelfranin8815
9 ай бұрын
@@mikebrigs1218 What free speech? Is there a need for all caps? Does it make it more credible? But kissing billionaire butts is your job isn't it?
@blakethegreatone2058
9 ай бұрын
@@brankobelfranin8815 free speech is the opposite of what people like you support.
Elon has daddy issues.... now it all makes sense
@mikebrigs1218
9 ай бұрын
ARE YOU STILL CRYING OVER LOSEING TWITTER??? IS FREE SPEECH TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO HANDLE??? LOL!!!
@johnmclane4115
9 ай бұрын
@@mikebrigs1218 Never had Twitter..... it's always been too juvenile for me.
@lornam3637
9 ай бұрын
@@mikebrigs1218You've just given us a great insight into what Twitter looks like now. Trolls in all caps shouting gibberish at other trolls. Stay there frittering your precious hours on earth so the grownups can discuss ways to improve the world
@IGuess...
9 ай бұрын
@@mikebrigs1218It's not the free speech. It's the proliferation of dummies who can't even spell correctly.
@Jackal_El_Lobo34
9 ай бұрын
@@lornam3637It’s another bot account. Musk has million of them following him Twitter. Don’t waist your time.
In This country we have to stop the hero worshiping. The achievement of any individual comes from standing on the shoulders of those who came before him. No one should have the kind of power that these billionaires currently exercise. there has to be limits on any individual’s ability to control and manipulate resources, and power. No one is immune from the human frailties that have plagued humanity since beginning of our reign of power on this planet. I hope, someday the rest of the world will realize this and put in place reasonable restraints on the power and wealth that any individual can accumulate.
@annemosbergen3951
9 ай бұрын
Amen.
@soniabayer578
9 ай бұрын
Great comments!
@herminaedwards5242
9 ай бұрын
Great point!
@williamevans3148
9 ай бұрын
Amen.... Welcome to the dark side of democracy. Capitalism.
@PeteQuad
9 ай бұрын
Hero worship? I see way more hate for Elon Musk than hero worship. Look at this comment section. The mainstream media despises him. Look at the title of the video.
Musk is a white South African billionaire. Did you expect a democratic enthusiast? Maybe Musk is bipolar.
@mikebrigs1218
9 ай бұрын
MAYBE MUSK IS JUST MUSK!! COPE!!
@mateuszminsky5619
9 ай бұрын
Maybe? Isn't it obvious? He's probably tripolar.
@blakethegreatone2058
9 ай бұрын
Big fan of how he stopped ww3 though.
@VersinKettorix
9 ай бұрын
@@blakethegreatone2058 According only to him. His actions also support a murderous Russian invasion that kills innocent civilians on a daily basis. Let Elon live in the Donbas for the next year and then tell us about his views.
@randibgood
9 ай бұрын
@@blakethegreatone2058 He did no such thing. Laughable.
White rich guy from South Africa. He’s exactly what I expect him to be
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
So you are a racist
Where is the James Bond movie with Elon as an ultravillain?
@thedearleader7054
9 ай бұрын
The role has been give to George Soros
@jackl4laughs
9 ай бұрын
Ever see Moonraker? Elon Musk is Hugo Drax, even down to the space company and plans to build off earth to survive a coming apocalypse. Trump is legitimately Goldfinger, with a solid gold toilet and a golf cheating habit to boot.
Billionaires shouldn't exist. Tax the Rich!!!
Musk is on the spectrum, has daddy issues, & is "volatile." These things can all be true at exactly the same time as Musk is dealing with untreated bipolar disorder, which certainly seems to be what Isaacson is describing.
@davidwilliamson9333
9 ай бұрын
Your just mad cause he said the democratic party has been hijacked by extremists, and he's 👌 right . MSNBC desperate to discredit him. Ha ha ha ha ha 😂 😄 😆 🤣 😜
@CHIEF_420
9 ай бұрын
🧂
@ginjjiigok364
9 ай бұрын
Another day of msnbc bashing anyone who doesnt bend over for the deep state establishment.
@ginjjiigok364
9 ай бұрын
MSNBC hate elon because he ended the telecommunication monopoly
@Adrian_Estando
9 ай бұрын
Yep and he's still more useful to humanity and not using his crappy upbringing as an excuse for failure like many people in those same shoes.
Hyper active , and narcissistic, like trumpy , and others .
@mikebrigs1218
9 ай бұрын
ARE YOU STILL CRYING OVER LOSEING TWITTER??? IS FREE SPEECH TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO HANDLE??? LOL!!!
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
Elon is a democrat, by the way. You just hate men
The 2 very close similarities in Elon and Trump is that they were both born into incredible wealth and have never once been held accountable for anything in their entire life.
@thejudge8892
9 ай бұрын
@@stevebeegreat fascist are fascist like Hitler , tzar Hirohito ,Mussolini and democrats are democrats like US , Great Britain end some others in WW 2 near history and as greek word means (demos -cratos ) people ruling , learn basics !
@johnarnold893
9 ай бұрын
Maybe you should read the book the guy being interviewed wrote, Musk wasn't born into incredible wealth. Why spread lies about somebody without even knowing anything about them?
@Tofu_Pilot
9 ай бұрын
Musks wealth is pretty substantial but Donnie’s fail fails daddy was not even close to the top 1%. Never ever got anywhere close to African emerald mining company money. Never.
@jackl4laughs
9 ай бұрын
@@johnarnold893 the guy who went to private schools, whose parents could buy him a computer in South Africa in the late 70s, and who moved to Canada with his mom wasn't privileged? I have a feeling you're too uneducated to know what privileged means, you must have a golden spoon up your butt too if you think being a rich white kid in South Africa wasn't a privileged position in the 70s.
@anncata7368
9 ай бұрын
I noticed the similarities too!!
I like hearing from Walter Isaacson!
@9UaYXxB
9 ай бұрын
I only knew him from Amanpour and Company.
Musk reminds me of Henry Ford. Both, brilliant engineers and businessmen, but also with a real dark side.
@aparnarajesh
9 ай бұрын
no wonder Ferrari hate ford
@fromgermany271
9 ай бұрын
Besides the fact that Ford invented modern production, while the other claims he only knows more than anyone else about it.
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
You can’t have it all, jim morrision was amazing but crazy, the 27 club. There are trade offs in life
Thank God, Rudy Giuliani was NYC Mayor, on 9/11, and not Eric Adams or Bill DiBlasio.
@kahanakahuna1470
9 ай бұрын
@@FalconAndTrident kOoK
Billionaires are extremists. Extremely wealthy, and, etc. All the quirks that accompany greed.
@mikebrigs1218
9 ай бұрын
ARE YOU STILL CRYING OVER LOSEING TWITTER??? IS FREE SPEECH TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO HANDLE??? LOL!!!
@Doc5thMech
9 ай бұрын
@@mikebrigs1218Are you still learning how to copy/paste that you have to do it so frequently?
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
Greed is good!!!
Bipolar comes in several flavors. Some people cycle quickly, more than once a month, some people only cycle a couple times a year. Sometimes the mania goes so high it goes into anger and irrationality, and the depression can become so deep they can't function. I don't watch him closely but nothing has jumped out to me as bipolar. Perrsonality disorders on the other hand are not a medical issue.
@DamienPalmer
9 ай бұрын
Pretty sure bipolar is still a medical issue.
@MP-wg8pd
9 ай бұрын
@@DamienPalmer Yes that's what I said.
@Riley_rolo
9 ай бұрын
@@MP-wg8pdwell see elon is so smart he seems diffrent to others. If you talked to a frog for a day im sure both of you would simply not understand eachother and make assumptions. When infact one will always be a frog and don't have the mental capacity to understand.
@DamienPalmer
9 ай бұрын
@@MP-wg8pd You said it isn't. You said personality disorders aren't. They are. It is.
@MP-wg8pd
9 ай бұрын
@@DamienPalmer Is English your second language? "On the other hand" means "this other thing is the opposite of what I said". I know English is hard, keep it up!
Musk and Trump have a lot in common.
@douglasreagan4979
9 ай бұрын
Both successful. Both are visionaries. Both trigger the left easily. Yep, just alike!
@buckygoldstein6891
9 ай бұрын
Yes... they both are naturally bald. If you buy your hair, it's yours!
@omaramoo1509
9 ай бұрын
Both got $$ from daddy- both lazy cocky evil =both go against the word of GOD wake-up Douglas if you are in USA you're brainwashed ask a doctor. @@douglasreagan4979
@Tofu_Pilot
9 ай бұрын
Both of those losers are just super stars at running their mouths and companies into the ground, you are spot on.
@barefoot6745
9 ай бұрын
Both are psychopaths and Russian's assets.
My oldest friend has Asperger's and sometimes, they actually DO try to provoke, it's not that they can't help it -this was particularly so when we were younger. I don't know whether Musk will gain emotional maturity, but trying to engineer the rest of us according to his whim via X in the meantime is not the best way for him to get there.
Walter Isaacson is a great journalist.
I would like to know more about how his Apartheid upbringing has shaped his outlook on the world.
Elon didn't secretly buy Twitter. He announced it for his spacex project but then got into the kool aid.
@PeacefulPariah
9 ай бұрын
he had been secretly purchasing shares of Twitter for months prior to announcing full purchase.
@ginjjiigok364
9 ай бұрын
SO msnbc just does smear stories everyday on people who are enemies of the establishment?
@simulationkoyo
9 ай бұрын
still behaves like a kid.
@aparnarajesh
9 ай бұрын
he bought from saudis
@Riley_rolo
9 ай бұрын
@@PeacefulPariahhow do you secretly buy shares to a company? If I was going to buy a company I to would buy shares its common sense.
Lot of hate on this show. 😮
Putin's pal, lock him up!!!
He's probably having a mid-life crisis. He is almost 55? Going on 60... 😉
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
A mid life crisis is shaming language for women to get men back in line with women’s life plan
The thing they didn't mention about Musk and X is that it isn't just him allowing and supporting people who hate. It's about suspending and banning journalists and others who question him. It's not about free speech, it's about speech he likes.
@springerworks002
9 ай бұрын
Nobody was banned, they just weren't falsely propped up anymore.
@AmericanBoomBoomStick
9 ай бұрын
The irony 😂. You left wingers want to dox and cancel anyone who doesn’t agree with your extremist ideology.
@roejogan7770
9 ай бұрын
It’s a private platform
@j.7701
9 ай бұрын
Sounds familiar don't it ?
@germandragon8136
9 ай бұрын
muskrat and twitter *Fixed that
Why do these people with their mood swings always seem to end up going to the dark side as they get older?
Thank you Mr. Isaac son, love your biographies!
Being a white South African, Musk gets a pass on being racist, it is understandable and expected, to be otherwise would be very surprising.
@WJV9
9 ай бұрын
It's 2023, I don't give any person under the age of 40 a pass on racism.
Thank you for this important discussion.
@ryblack5032
9 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@davidc3943
9 ай бұрын
In other real world news, Mexico is building a wall, to keep Americans from fleeing to them, when the American dollar collapses. Coming from a Mexican construction worker.
Breaking: The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) ranked Harvard University dead last in its fourth annual College Free Speech Rankings, which surveyed over 55,000 students from 248 colleges. The Ivy League was the only school to receive an "abysmal" rating of 0 out of 100
We have to change the way we think about the rich people who own companies. Elon Musk wasn't the guy "sending Americans into space" and he wasn't the guy "building electric cars". He just OWNED THE COMPANIES THAT DID THOSE THINGS. He didn't even found them, he just BOUGHT THEM. All he did was take credit for the achievements of nameless scientists, engineers, and workers, while getting to make money of their efforts as well. That is capitalism, in a nutshell.
@cbpd89
9 ай бұрын
That's what I've been saying as well. The corporate guys have no idea what is going on in the technical sense. Musk's greatest contribution was thinking that these companies could be profitable, not in actually creating the cars or rockets.
@pattydonohue5452
9 ай бұрын
Well said.
@tonyhirwa9429
9 ай бұрын
Then he was smart enough to know which companies to buy to become a billionaire...and he is CEO which is more than owning a company
@CHIEF_420
9 ай бұрын
@@cbpd89🧂
@satsumaking4635
9 ай бұрын
You guys should probably actually read the book before sounding off.
He's the epitome of a flashing yellow light.
This guy, who occasionally visits the dark side, is allowed to overrule the Pentagon decisions? We have truly become insane and looking over the edge of a precipice!
So tired of Kleptocrats. Can`t we just agree to give them a planet of their own to play with.
Why are we trying to call Narcissism 'on the spectrum'?
I think when Elon referred to Twitter as an "engineering company," he meant social engineering. Through a highly popular social media platform such as Twitter, an attempt can be made to sway public opinion towards supporting Trump and Russia by means of advertising and hired accounts.
@ajnz2420
9 ай бұрын
Please send a link to where he has supported Trump. He was a Dem voter until 2022 when he supported De Santos, you could say that is just as bad.
@ladsr777
9 ай бұрын
I don't need to send a link. All you have to do is use your common sense to know he supports Trump. And Russia.@@ajnz2420
@ginjjiigok364
9 ай бұрын
MSNBC smear anyone who isnt in bed with the establishment
@Riley_rolo
9 ай бұрын
@@ajnz2420who would be for democrats these days? Trying to take gun away, started a proxy war and walking into ww3. Covid vaccine mandates for work, letting endless immigrants in when we have millions of homeless Americans, trying to give loan debt swiped clean while the nation has to pay for it. America is in a very bad way today and its all bidens fault it does not take a genius to figure out this administration is a train wreck.
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
How so? Elon is a life long democrat
It’s call narcissism
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
No, it’s called putting a dent in the universe. You call it that because it doesn’t benefit you
We all enjoy hating on people that are more successful then us. Cheers!
This is because he is suing the ADL for their censorship BS.
@hks2377
9 ай бұрын
Sure, an author started writing a book months or years ago & predicted Musk would file a frivolous lawsuit around the time the publisher finished it🙄This is how narcissists view the world. They think everything revolves around themselves & everyone is out to get them because they’re just so awesome.
Thank you! I’m a nurse with cancer in default on the remainder of my student loans who needs dentures really miss salad. He’s a sociopath. But that’s part of his syndrome and why he shouldn’t be in control.
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
What? What does that have anything to do with the conversation. You made it all about you, which means you are the narcisist
@alexstefan4442
7 ай бұрын
Based on this comment, you sound like the sociopath..
Elon musk hurt my feelings 😢
"On the spectrum...bipolar"? The man is Tri-polar
I feel good now, knowing he’s a Superhero.
@annemosbergen3951
9 ай бұрын
Superhero! 👀👁🫢🤭😄😆
I've read Isaacson's book on Kissinger, I found it pretty impressive (not at all a glorification of its subject), so I'm very eagerly looking forward to reading this new biography.
@helenpauls1496
9 ай бұрын
Don’t quite understand why it’s written and talked about now. We can see and hear the type of person he is, as he’s still alive! Must be some “I need to be in the news” thing.
@panos3051
9 ай бұрын
@@helenpauls1496 Kissinger was also very much alive when Isaacson's book was published. And all I meant is that Isaacson seems to be a very good writer, so I don’t see in what sense your comment is a reply to mine.
Is saying Elon is volatile not a politically cowardly way of saying the guy has a mental health issue that is as dangerous as an ordinary person who would be under some kind of monetering?
@Gabedudley1
9 ай бұрын
Its just mind programming for the most ignorant of the human species
@springerworks002
9 ай бұрын
You think ordinary people should be under some sort of monitoring?
@annishilcock4587
9 ай бұрын
@@springerworks002 Did you actually read my comment Have another look at what I wrote
@davidwilliamson9333
9 ай бұрын
Your just mad cause he said the democratic party has been hijacked by extremists, and he's right ✅ 🤔 msnbc desperate to discredit him, ha ha ha ha 😂 🤣 😆 😉 😄
@ginjjiigok364
9 ай бұрын
SO msnbc just does smear stories everyday on people who are enemies of the establishment?
is it true elon refuses to let mother of 3of his kids see at least one? or respond to her lawyer?
Musk called out corruption. From hero to zero.
Remember when the left adored and worshiped him. 🤣😂🤣
@thedearleader7054
9 ай бұрын
@@FalconAndTrident about 10 years ago. I use to work in Hollywood as a crew member and had to listen to all you virtue signaling Marxist goofballs praising him for 12 hours a day for years.
Elon is the perpetual teenager who cannot be an adult ever
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
Because his money isn’t benefiting you, that’s why you shame
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
Being an adult means that it has to benefit you
@Ana-bn9tw
9 ай бұрын
@@Ben-uv2jq that's another way of saying "selfish ". An adult considers others and the impact overall. Elon has been known for his mood swings and erratic behavior. He almost could have some spectrum of mental illness
Broken people tend to raise future broken people....
General Mark Millie is a huge fan of Musk. He's been giving Musk access to American industrial complex.
Elon Musk owns all of you
@j.breyner9630
9 ай бұрын
No, just you and all the other sheep.
@scottharrison8701
9 ай бұрын
@@j.breyner9630 - why do you care? Look, Musk took Twitter away from the tyrants and the world sees him as a hero. Sit down!
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
The people bashing him are sheep
@pedrofer.9965
9 ай бұрын
@@Ben-uv2jq, you're not alone, all idiots agree with you.
He seems to think that going to stainless for the cyber truck was a good idea. All of those trucks will be painted over after the imperfections can’t be worked out.
@eduardovillagomez3675
9 ай бұрын
Yeah I was surprised he mentioned that as a way to show his engineering prowess, everything I've read from people smarter than me, seems to say that's a bad move
@JokerInk-CustomBuilds
9 ай бұрын
Its like delorean made from old fridges! LOL
@user-gl5dq2dg1j
9 ай бұрын
I've known people who made the mistake of using stainless steel for a high corrosive waste material. These were actual engineers with actual degrees and real world experience. Where they went wrong is that most stainless steel is vulnerable to chlorine. Unless the stainless has nickel in it the chlorine will corrode it. What is going to happen to any of these trucks that look less effective than either the old el camino's or a badly designed SUV in places that salt the roads in the winter or along the coast? Either of those two places represent a not small segment of the country.
old people are so incredibly out of touch
Bingo: good with programming and machines, bad with reading people and their emotions.
6:54 "he lacks empathy, it's not good if you want to develop a social network", okay, have you heard of Mark Zuckerberg? =)
@CinePhil101
9 ай бұрын
Zuckerberg is Mary Poppins compared to Musk
@Mackcolak-xf5bk
9 ай бұрын
😁@@CinePhil101
@Mackcolak-xf5bk
9 ай бұрын
@@FalconAndTrident My point is that Zuck has a similar personality based on the facts that we know about the management of Facebook. That means that one doesn't need great social skills or empathy to manage and build a social network. It's just a code and numbers game. And both hosts' and Walter's remarks, that empathy is a requirement for building a social network do not seem to be relevant from my point of view.
@barefoot6745
9 ай бұрын
Wow! This is new for me. Suckerberg doesn't have empathy either, eh? I am shocked. Why are most, if not all, billionaires psychopaths? Something weird is going on here.
@Mackcolak-xf5bk
9 ай бұрын
@@barefoot6745 Not necessarily psychopaths. Many are on the spectrum, or just narcissists. Some character sides are needed to achieve such significant goals. But hey, who is normal any way, there are good sides in any person.
1. Joe, it's "Asperger's," not "Assburgers." and 2. It's no longer a legitimate diagnosis.
Great interview.
How about we talk about the super extreme gap between the super rich and the rest of us and forget about their toxic baby personalities? The “media” needs to grow up and grow some.
Thomas Edison comparison is apt, since most of the ideas/inventions credited to him actually belong to someone else as well. The traits being attributed to Aspergers with him are also the traits of a Psychopath.
Musk is _not_ an engineer.
People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
Private companies and US citizens are NOT required to give up their personal possessions to foreign countries.
@Tofu_Pilot
9 ай бұрын
Of what country is the Elon trash a citizen?
Musk wants you to believe that Twitter is simultaneously doing better than ever *and* has lost so much money because of the ACLU that Twitter has no choice but to sue. Anyone with a brain can see through that 😂😂😂😂
@aparnarajesh
9 ай бұрын
We know anti semstim is rising so was homophobic
You are misguided about Musk.
Hey man, don’t tie Elden Ring with Elon, that game is amazing
"The Thomas Edison of our time" The guy *wants* to be seen like this... to be considered as some Tony Stark-like genius inventor figure... he's an INVESTOR. He didn't invent anything, he didn't even CREATE any of the companies he claims responsibility for. He is an investor, and arguably an inconsistent one, who has had some great luck but is clearly not stable, nor a genius.
@EB-du3vh
9 ай бұрын
Dude slept in his warehouse for years and people still don’t wanna give ‘em credit 😂
@Wegivesp
9 ай бұрын
And the government gave federal contracts to privatize security and war secrets. He now holds power to tell the American government war policies. The government has privatized too much in America which jeopardizes national security and prosperity.
@WH0oo...
9 ай бұрын
@@EB-du3vhwhere he slept is a choice, not a badge of honor. It either shows poor planning or incompetent asset allocation abilities. He has been astute to recognize nascent opportunities to be an early adopter.
@EB-du3vh
9 ай бұрын
@@WH0oo... You go to sleep at your job for a couple years and let people tell you that you had nothing to do with it if it does well
@WJV9
9 ай бұрын
@@EB-du3vh Every new business is started by people who take risks, most mortagage their homes, get loans from families, live at work, etc. Doesn't mean he is a genius.
The discussion about the man’s psychological state is irrelevant. What matters is his intervention in a matter in which he has no business…our country’s geopolitical business. That was an outrageous attack against our country’s interests.
@tysonnomelli5450
9 ай бұрын
Apparently being anti war is a bad thing nowadays. You people are insane
@annemosbergen3951
9 ай бұрын
Psychological state IS relevant - as it drives motivation. Give a crackpot opportunities to act out, and the crackpot will ' to detriment of family, friends, neighbors, and the world. Hitler was a crackpot with enablers - look what he did to the world in the few years he wrecked havoc.
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
I don’t think Elon is even close to that. The detriment to family is hormonial birth control and abortion. 98% of abortions are elective based on bad decisions. Abortion is actually eugenics. But men have to pay anyways. Sounds like men are the real slaves to me
In a weird way, I sort of feel bad for the guy. He spent 44 billion just so people would think he was cool, and it didn't work AT ALL.
Volatile. That is..... diplomatic.
It's interesting how these spoiled people with hero complexes do relatively nothing to help anyone. He could lift almost every person on the planet out of poverty and chooses every day to do nothing.
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
In what lala land are you living in? It’s not his job to do that.
@KiKi-te9yd
8 ай бұрын
You realise that Musk employs (through his companies) 110,000 people don't you? So all those people and their families earn a livelihood out of what he's doing.
Oh wow, he swallows M*sk’s propaganda about how he does his own engineering hook, line, and sinker.
@ajnz2420
9 ай бұрын
but you would know better? Did you have access to him for 3 years? The author gives pro's and cons of Musk. One pro was his opinion that Musk did what he did to increase the transition to renewable energy, it must drive you mad that you have to be on the side of climate denial because of your pettiness towards Musk.
MSNBC is so sad, how much coverage of Trump and Musk will they cover. There ratings are tanking very hard
@klaus1292
9 ай бұрын
@@FalconAndTridentsame as you
@klaus1292
9 ай бұрын
@@FalconAndTrident Reeeeeee
Never expect to get any truth from nbc
Elon Musk and Trump have alot in common. Both rich, both free to speak their mind, both don't subscribe to controlling forces
@rodricksa2660
9 ай бұрын
@@FalconAndTrident Your choice of words reveal a much dumber personality
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
Everyone is allowed to speak their own mind. Also everyone has a choice, in western society to not subscribe to controlling forces.
Thank you Walter Idaacson! You've helped me understand better the perplexing individual that is Elon Musk. He really requires explanation into his strange and unpleasant ways. ( Too bad he's so aggressive and in our faces! )
@ginjjiigok364
9 ай бұрын
SO msnbc just does smear stories everyday on people who are enemies of the establishment?
Thank you, Elon Musk, for protecting free speech. Keep up the good work.
@lamars2486
9 ай бұрын
🫡 🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
He is
I think the world should be more concerned that this man is actually having children. Id be more worried about them loose on the world with all that cash and power.
He's just the modern PT Barnum, a showman who stands on others shoulders to proclaim he alone is the greatest thing ever. If he was a great man he'd let his ex see her kids.
@Ben-uv2jq
9 ай бұрын
Maybe she isn’t deserving of seeing her kids, he is a great man. Being a great man doesn’t mean appeasing just women
@Someaddress555s
9 ай бұрын
@@Ben-uv2jq he's not a "great man", great men don't psychologically abuse the women they marry. I can see where you get confused, I've never met someone who liked Musk who had a stable relationship with their own fathers so you just didn't have a good role model.