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It's not surprising actually.

People are looking for something to believe in, which will make them feel like the future will be brighter.

Musk has this ability . Unless he goes crazy and becomes overleveraged with debt he'll be fine.

He'll constantly move the goalposts and keep giving people hope, if Autopilot is proven not feasible, he'll just move onto the next big thing which will fill people with enthusiasm .

He's essentially a politician, a techno-utopian cult leader who is also a CEO and major owner of the stock.

His best intuition was understanding that telling people that the future will be brighter is itself a product which people are willing to buy. Much like people pay for insurance to have peace of mind, people gladly pay to be reassured that the world will be better.

His second best intuition is to never bankrupt the company trying to deliver, just move the goalposts. As long as you don't bankrupt the company you can always move the goalposts