Musk’s main talent is as a business promoter; not as an entrepreneur, engineer, coder, innovator, visionary, or even as an investor*. He’s operating in the great American tradition of borderline con men like P.T. Barnum and Wilson Mizner, who rely on personal charisma and spectacular stunts to push forward their investments. Such figures always have their true believers.
[* financially speaking, his record there – especially since he forced himself to acquire Twitter – is a wash at best.]
