[ryandvm]

He is our wayward cousin.

Elon is a cautionary tale about what can happen when a slightly clever, asocial, ADHD, internet troll finds himself with more money than God. He is the archetypal HN user gone off the deep end. This is like a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Future for most of us.

[berkes]

I'm afraid I see many similarities with that older wayward cousin, John McAfee. I truly hope Musk finds help, or finds that his coffers are harder to deplete than Johns, but it's not looking good.

"we", the hacker-crowd, indeed have some lessons to learn here.