I think I'm in the same camp as you thinking Musk is a fundamental con-artist... He's the new Steve Jobs... A shrewd businessman with the ability to capture the imagination of those who are looking for leaders to lead them.

The fact that the man spoke ill of Tesla (saying he never actually did anything) and said that he saw himself "more as an Edison" because Edison supposedly brought "his" (stolen) technologies to market and change the "face of the world"... (all horse-shit)...

Basically, Musk is somebody who sees these "new" (old) technologies coming together real nicely and he sees himself as the guy who can exploit these technologies and get a kind of cult-of-personality like hold on the market.

(I think most billionaires look at the world in this way anyway)

But there's really nothing novel or original about his speech... Even his whole esoteric spiritual beliefs are basically just a post-modern update we might term techno-catholicism... techno-neo-platonism or some shit...

I don't buy into Musk period (didn't he have something to do with Paypal? Good enough of a reason to pitch-fork storm his castle and torch the damn place in my boo)