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Elon Musk is a South-African born Canadian-American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, born in 1971. He was a co-founder of PayPal, which was sold to Ebay for $1.5 billion. He then founded Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Tesla Motors. He is chief executive and chief designer at SpaceX and CEO and head of product design at Tesla and chairman of Solar City. Musk purchased Twitter in September 2022.

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24 Oct, 2022

Psychologist: Musk is ‘psychopathic and manipulative’

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Psychologist Desiree Silverstone says Musk’s recent behaviour and family upbringing has made him ‘psychopathic and manipulative’.

The back and forth (with Twitter) could easily be an ambivalent early attachment to his caregivers. You see it in friendships and romantic relationships – I want you, I don’t want you. People who grow up with trauma often create a false sense of self which is usually about control and power. When one grows up with trauma, the right side of the brain becomes very active and developed, The way the media portrays his treatment of his employees also shows that he doesn’t seem to have a great deal of empathy. That can be sociopathic or psychopathic. No empathy, very manipulative and a grandiose sense of self but can achieve great things because of it.

Silverstone says he analysis is just a “speculative hypothesis*.