The Psychology of Elon Musk (Chapter 3 - No Friends)
Added 2024-09-13 11:00:09 +0000 UTCDr Kirk Honda and Humberto explore hypotheses regarding the psychology of Elon Musk.
00:00 Why didn't Elon Musk have friends growing up?
11:51 How did he spend his time as a kid?
25:36 Why might programming have been so appealing?
45:54 What is his childhood missing?
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September 13, 2024
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Comments
Excellent! As a federal employee (for now) - interested to hear what might have led him to the path he’s taken.
DLTH
2025-03-11 22:26:06 +0000 UTCThank you so much!!
desillusion
2025-02-07 19:28:09 +0000 UTC33:05 - 33:33 would make for a good short
MeriGo_round
2025-02-06 15:05:30 +0000 UTCOMG! I thought I was the only kid that did that! I used to sit on the floor in front of the bookcase for hours reading the World Book Encyclopedias...I have never heard anyone else say that. It was my favorite thing to do. I loved those books!
Civic Tides
2024-09-15 17:31:00 +0000 UTCThis was a great episode. I care to learn about Elon Musk only superficially - he is not that important to me. But the way you two tie the topic and information about him with your own lives and experiences, personal and professional knowledge, is very interesting and makes me ask similar questions about myself and my loved ones. Furthermore, your description of the creative process and the motivation that drives it is, in my own experience, spot on. My husband is an artist, writer, and director, who also spent his early years in the 80’s doing programming, and I witness these exact behaviors; his description of what motivates him is so much in sync with the way you are describing it. A most exciting episode for everything you have covered beyond just Elon. Can’t wait for the next one.
Silvia Rasheva
2024-09-15 16:56:04 +0000 UTCReally interesting points were discussed regarding Elon's autistic traits! I have recently been exploring an ASD diagnosis, and complex trauma has been (and remains in many ways) the predominant perspective I take in viewing myself. I was severely neglected as a child and I wonder if not seeing (positive) human interaction had a significant impact on my autism traits today!
hopesnvts (mira)
2024-09-15 04:08:23 +0000 UTCMaybe I misunderstood an earlier episode, but was he two grades ahead? He was at least one grade ahead, and I’ve heard that that causes difficulties with making friends and socializing. Especially if he’s smaller and getting bullied. DKH? Does the evidence show that skipping grades leads to more trouble making friends as a kid?
Teo
2024-09-14 23:46:24 +0000 UTCGreat closing music theme!
Milena Brouwer-Milovanovic
2024-09-14 08:48:32 +0000 UTCIn an extremely reductive sense, then, it seems the root of human behavior is motivated by a search for attachment security and safety -- even the behavior we don't like or agree with. I like thinking we as human beings all have a common search and promise, even if that innately innocent search is later compromised by what we learn growing up from our caregivers / environment / perception / biology etc.
Jocelyn G
2024-09-14 08:17:56 +0000 UTCUmberto's knowledge truly shines on the tech topics!
Jocelyn G
2024-09-14 08:10:25 +0000 UTC
