But anyway, yes I believe it is possible to be impulsive followed by more logical decision making. This process seems fairly commonplace in the world I observe.
"If true, I don't think it's the case he did it intending to pull out. Seems unlikely he would have ...... My best guess is the offer was genuine (thought impulsive) but as he's seen the price drop further, now his offer seems.. "
Considering his impulsive behavior, which has prior occurrences. 1. Making an immature derogatory remark to one of the people trying to assist with that cave rescue. 2. His statement that he was taking tesla private that he retracted later 3. This situation..
Why do you think he's acting logically now? Why is it your best guess? Your words
1) As said, its not uncommon to act impulsively, followed by more logical decision making after. From your examples, I dont feel listing a few impulsive cases removes his ability to act logically. And the sequence I've guessed seems the most likely in my kindly eyes.
2) Because its not my second best guess, or any other.
3) See 1) & 2)
That said the risk is huge as the world can move on quickly as we saw with MySpace. And Elon s becoming increasingly a political risk factor himself in a business were peoples view on the leaders/owners really matters.
His views really don't matter. Nothing happened to Facebook and nothing will. People will just continue fighting (tweeting).
But really who knows. Maybe he realised he had too much on his plate, or any number of things.
If true, I don't think it's the case he did it intending to pull out. Seems unlikely he would have signed the billion dollar exit clause when he could have easily dragged the initial talks on a bit longer for largely the same result before 'changing his mind'.
My best guess is the offer was genuine (thought impulsive) but as he's seen the price drop further, now his offer seems too much. Why pay $44bn for a sub $30bn company. Kinda simple but seem most likely than all these more complex theories.