In a number of recent articles like this one at Futurism, Elon Musk has been described as broken. Specifically, one author familiar with the Twitter purchase said, “Elon didn’t just break Twitter, Twitter broke Elon Musk.”
To justify that statement, the author points to several incidents that Twitter employees told him about. In one case, Elon Musk is said to have retreated into his office at Twitter HQ and locked himself in. For reasons not fully explained, Twitter employees almost called the police because they reportedly had reasons to believe he’d harm himself.
The author claims that as public opinion of Musk fell, Musk’s mental state fell with it, because he cares deeply about his public reputation.
To be clear, all of this information comes second and third-hand. Anyone along the way could have said something untrue or be exaggerating the truth. But, it does come…
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