I've been on the receiving end of this many times. I think he has people around him that people agree and people who know him. He's, you know, as you get that rich and people tell you what a genius you are, you start to really believe it and you don't like people around you who disagree. They're not risking their relationship. And apparently he down to like Oxford commas on in text in like communications texts and adverts. That's the extra comma that I hate actually. But Elon likes it. So now I want to hit rewind. It's like what the late 90s early aughts.
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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