The world's richest man conspicuously lacks what we would consider basic moral intelligence or basic grounding that we would think of as wisdom, exhibiting childishness in how he communicates and what he thinks, raising the question of whether there is a contradiction between being this successful economically and productive as an entrepreneur versus lacking basic wisdom.

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Cameron Abadi

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should on some basic level we be surprised that the world's richest man kind of so conspicuously lacks what we would consider basic kind of moral intelligence or kind of basic grounding that we would think of as wisdom

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The Worldview of Elon Musk | Ones and Tooze Ep. 176 | An FP PodcastForeign Policy
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:56:44 AM

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