I understand why he is unpopular with many people and to be frank I have quite the distaste for all billionaires, but he is not stupid which is something that is often claimed.
No-one becomes a multi-billionaire due to a lack of intelligence or common sense.
Musk knows exactly what he is doing, he didn’t buy Twitter to make a quick buck, he bought it derail it and he’s done that quite thoroughly. $35bn to Musk is pocket change.
I mean I get it, if I was a big Twitter user and a new CEO made it something that I now hated, I’d think the bloke was an idiot, but that is actually just a difference of opinion and has nothing to do with intelligence.
In short, whilst Musk is clearly very unpopular with some people and I can understand why, the man clearly is not an idiot. Some people really don’t like it when you tell them that.
Edit: 14 downvotes in 30 minutes lol, I can’t say I wasn’t expecting this but judging by the replies so far, I think it just proves that it’s an unpopular opinion!
He has no technical aptitude, he just had the right money at the right time, born in the right place.
I’m not claiming he’s a genius. Just saying he’s not stupid.
The image you shared doesn’t actually prove anything, it’s a difference of opinion unless you can source what he actually said. And at the end of the day, you don’t need to be a bean expert to run a successful baked bean company, you just need to know how to hire bean experts.
He said “please print out the last 50 pages of code you’ve in the last 30 days” to his engineers.
Any idiot with a bag of money can get those bean experts and just let them do their thing.
If you’re referring to Twitter, I’ve already stated that I think he intentionally wanted to derail it.