Yeah. It does sound like a nightmare. And I'm glad that, for now at least, those who get to make the decisions are not as impulsive as countless people are online about the matter.

And when it comes to a $44 billon purchase, it sounds like a nightmare to affect it so impulsively.

At least, unlike the nuclear fallout, it's not my money, I guess.

But that's the world we all live in, and have for thousands of years.

If you read the stories of many "successful" CEOs (I'm thinking Jobs here, but there are others) the decisions they'd make often would come out as quite impulsive.

If you dig significantly you might find that they're not as impulsive as they seem, that the person was actually considering many aspects but playing their cards close until cut-off time.

This is true, and so far Elon is doing exactly the thing everyone says you can’t do with a social network. If he succeeds, it will completely change the space. Also interesting change of strategy during an economic downturn.

But I do think one difference at least from where I’m sitting, is usually the response is, that’s crazy, but if it works you’ll be rich!

I’m not even really clear on what the “if it works” is in this situation, I guess if he proves that people are willing to pay $8 per month for a social network?

Sure, but impulses among individuals like Putin, Biden and Xi Jinping have much bigger impact.

And that's why it's so important for world leaders to not act (or appear to act) impulsively! You might say the same is true for business leaders.

It’s also why governments that don’t give Kingly powers to the executive like America’s does might be a good idea.