[_RPM]

People that worship another person generally aren't well informed. For example, people look at Elon Musk like he's a pop culture icon -- I see people talking about him on my news feed all the time, yet these people aren't even technical. It's just a way for someone to identify to some type of group. Oh look what Elon's doing, he's so great. My reaction is, why are you sharing press articles about this person? Does it make you feel better about yourself?

[luckydata]

People share in an effort to communicate to the world something about themselves. The feel better part will come from their friends and family knowing about what makes them tick and strangers the might be able to recognize a kindred spirit and in turn extend their network of people they enjoy hanging out with.

let me know if you need me to break down other basic human instincts for you :-)

[justinpombrio]

Would you prefer that our celebrities were less accomplished, or just that we didn't have celebrities at all?

[_RPM]

I have no preference, and frankly, I'm in no position to know what's best for anyone else besides myself.

[jimbokun]

People talk about Elon because he has interesting ideas, does interesting things, and inspires a lot of other people. If many young people (or even old people), watch this interview, it seriously has the potential to make the world a slightly better place, if at least some of them try to put his ideas into practice.

[ceejayoz]

Does it make you feel better about yourself to shit on someone who's excited about electric cars and space travel even if they're not particularly technical?

[MPSimmons]

Are you accusing Elon Musk of being the thinking man's Kim Kardashian?

[AstralStorm]

There were a few like him before, but none as successful or as rich. Previously, we had: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, that president of GM. And more.

Compared to them, Musk is taking a much harder, potentially more important cause.

[guftagu]

Comment gold! I'm going to steal that one