(NewsNation) — Does billionaire tech guru Elon Musk really believe we’re living in a computer simulation?
He’s at least considering the possibility, says the author of a new biography on Musk, the right-hand man of President Trump who increasingly is in the world spotlight.
“I think it started out as a thought experiment and debate,” Dennis Kneale, author of the newly released “The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk,” told “NewsNation Prime” on Saturday.
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“Then he began to believe it more,” Kneale added. “I think it’s kind of being playful, but it also frees him to take huge risks that no other business executive would take. Because he thinks at some point, ‘What the heck, this could all be a game, anyway.’”
Kneale, former managing editor of Forbes, offered additional insights about Musk, including:
Musk’s desire to be universally loved, a goal that seems unrealistic given the pushback he’s receiving as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency.
“You’re guaranteed that half of the audience out there might bitterly resent you and dislike you, and that’s happening. But I think he believes he can win them over and show them that he means well,” the author said.
Musk’s desire to bedevil his enemies.
“Tease your critics and torture your enemies,” Kneale said of Musk’s philosophy. “And man, he’s having a ball right now.”
Musk’s strained relationship with his father, Errol. The two have not met since 2016, Kneale says.
“Their relationship still is not good. I can understand why the father is proud of him now, but I also understand how an absent father, a tough father, sometimes is far more motivating for someone than a father who is there for you all the time.”
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