This explains basically everything about Elon Musk's actions. Some of his companies work in spite of him. Twitter just has no immune system against his thing.

https://www.tumblr.com/numberonecatwinner/701567544684855296/elon-wyd

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I was an intern at SpaceX years ago, back it when it was a much smaller company — after Elon got hair plugs, but before his cult of personality was in full swing. I have some insight to offer here.…

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@tante His formula for success has been very simple:

* Find something that has stagnated but is backed by a promising convergence of technologies, something which is "difficult but not impossible", that people really want to happen which has stagnated because companies don't want to risk the difficulty.

* Start a company. Inspire ideologues who want to make it happen. Attract them, get your pick of the best, work them long hours - which they, will because they want to make it happen.

@nafnlaus @tante I'd add to this, that he also throws a lot of money on the company which is the reason the companies can't work without elon