Elon Musk Is Many Things, But Wise Isn’t One of Them

The Tesla CEO’s libertarian persona won’t define the post-coronavirus business era

Bloomberg Opinion
May 15, 2020 · 5 min read
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By Timothy L. O’Brien

We have had much of Elon Musk.

We’ve had Musk smoking weed and sipping whiskey on a radio show while assessing humanity: “We’re all chimps. We’re one notch. One…

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