He seems to be fighting, like he seems to be justifying his emotion with rationality. Is that a fair way to characterize him? I guess I just think he's much more emotional than you think. But does he let himself be that? Yeah, it's clear. He gets mad. Why would you write a, me? You're an asshole, no. Nobody does that. Like not because they're scared of me. And so he didn't ever take many minutes and he just sort of, and he loves communicating. Twitter became his, his vehicle in that regard.
Elon Musk is a puzzle, but if there’s anyone who can make sense of him it’s Kara Swisher. She’s covered him since the late 90s – back in her early days as a beat reporter at the Wall Street Journal and she’s had many in-depth interviews and exchanges with the tech titan since, perhaps more than any other reporter. She’s also covered Elon’s latest fiefdom, Twitter, before it even was Twitter. So today we turn the tables, and Kara Swisher is “On” with Nayeema Raza.
We’ll unpack how Elon became Elon, why Kara came to believe he was one of the greatest visionaries in Silicon Valley, when exactly she soured on him — and why she still holds out some hope.
You can find Kara and Nayeema on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema.
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