He's a lot like Trump. He wants to hear certain things and isn't interested in challenging his own thinking, so he seeks people he feels a connection to and ignores those he doesn't have a personal desire to trust. His emotional IQ is low. He's extremely good at some very specific things and he's kind of a moron in all else. That's why I always had trouble with people calling either Musk or Trump geniuses. They are extremely limited in what they can do--geniuses generally have an all-around intelligence that makes them capable of doing almost anything. Not so with Trump and not so with Musk. And they are both selfish dicks, but that's another story.