The sycophants are one thing, but he's gone off the loon end himself for extremely personal stuff as well such as the names of his children with Grimes.

Grimes also wanted a weird name.

Grimes isn't her given name. It's a chosen name, which is common in performers.

Yes, but she‘s an artist.

> Yes, but she‘s an artist.

“Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.” - Andy Warhol

> The sycophants he’s surrounded himself with, namely, Jason Calacanis, Chamath Palihapitiya and David Sacks, do not. And that’s rubbing off on him.

Shouldn't a person with a high ability for critical introspection be impervious to and deeply suspicious of the influences of sycophants?

> We’ve seen it in his prior reversals, when fortunes at his firms were down and he changed course savvily.

More like when he gets called out on his lies and abuse, he buries what he previously said. When was the last time he talked about Hyperloop? Did he ever apologize to the person he accused of being a pedo? Robotaxis?

He lies to pump his stock or ego, then hopes people forget what he said. That’s not “savvy”, it’s just sleazy.