[ddalex]

I think Elon Musk lacks the empathy to understand the damage he's doing to those around him - family, employees, strangers on the internet - when he's throwing away words like that; I genuinely think he's actually lacking these social skills.

It doesnt' help that Silicon Valley basically made this behavior glamorous - Steve Jobs is the primary exponent of a crass person getting a cult-like following. While I think it's a useful trait while in pursuit of achieving unreasonable things - like ground-breaking design innovation, sending cars in space, expanding a niche car market to mainstream - all these guys, Musk, Jobs, and so on are basically sociopaths, and we shouldn't be afraid to call them as such.

[masklinn]

> I think Elon Musk lacks the empathy to understand the damage he's doing to those around him - family, employees, strangers on the internet - when he's throwing away words like that; I genuinely think he's actually lacking these social skills.

It's not just social skills that he lacks, the interview with his first wife[0] where she notes that he regarded her grieving for their first kid (SIDS death at 10 weeks) as "emotionally manipulative"[1] is something else entirely.

[0] https://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/a5380/millionaire-start...

[1] https://i.imgur.com/YDYeRW0.png

[ryanwaggoner]

Steve Jobs is the primary exponent of a crass person getting a cult-like following

Uh, maybe in SV, but not in, say, politics ;)