Elon repeatedly states things like, "My plan is to...preserve the light of consciousness." He believes himself to be working toward the "long-term survival of humanity and all life"
Whether he's pursuing his plan in a good or bad way is of course up for serious debate. In 100 years he might be seen as a misunderstood hero willing to do whatever it takes. OR he might be seen as one of the most destructive people to ever have lived. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" as they say
The pieces of his plan:
A. Tesla & SolarCity to transition the world away from fossil fuels toward sustainable energy, both for a proposed Martian future & to diminish the threat of climate change
B. SpaceX to back up the human race by getting us to Mars
C. Boring Company to build underground habitats on Mars that would protect humans from radiation and extreme temperature fluctuations
D. Starlink to practice building a communications network around Mars. (Speculation: Starlink might also be to create a space-based surveillance and defense network – for both external threats like asteroids & internal ones like secret nuclear or AGI operations)
E. Neuralink so human intelligence can keep pace with technology
F. OpenAI (originally) to align AGI so that it doesn't extinct us. This backfired when OpenAI became closed-source and for-profit. So now he's trying to destroy OpenAI through lawsuits, by targeting Sam Altman's reputation, and through other means
Other speculative pieces:
G. X/Twitter purchase was to: (a) curtail mind viruses that he believes are "pushing civilization towards suicide," particularly wokism; and (b) run his own memetic programs (to do things like influence elections, public opinion of rivals, market sentiment, etc)
H. His often-erratic behavior is largely the result of neurodivergence – but: he could reign it in if he wanted to. People just don't get to his level without the ability to control their public appearance. So why doesn't he reign it in? Doesn't he care about reputation? Actually, he's a master of reputation. Each time his erratic behavior gets him attacked and he survives, he develops stronger memetic armor. He can increasingly get away with anything. Allies will go, "Oh, that's just Elon, you know how he is." People underestimate how powerful this is because they personally would be terrified to get attacked by news outlets, internet mobs, and people shouting "cringe!" en masse
I. As for his political alignment, he's non-tribal, he's just trying to gain the convergent instrumental good of political power. Thus he will align with whatever side (a) works with his plan and (b) has an ideology that he doesn't think is overtly "suicidal" for civilization. It's unclear to me to degree to which he's brainwormed or dedicatedly play-acting these days. Probably a mix of both. Notably he was aligned with the dems for over a decade. Eg he received a $465 million loan from the Department of Energy under Obama in 2010. As recent as 2018, he tweeted, “I’m not a conservative." But then the Biden admin started rejecting him, dems created policies that messed with his plans, and leftists started attacking him. So now he's pursuing political power through the side that will back him
J. DOGE is to (a) ease restrictions on his companies, accelerating their timelines, but probably more generally to practice and gain political power, which is convergently instrumental. So he is also using DOGE to (b) score wins in the name Trump so as to be granted more power, (c) gain influence over many federal agencies - namely their budgets and staff, (d) learn how to control govt apparatuses in preparation for larger moves, both in the US and internationally
You really don't need to have insider information to puzzle most of this out. You just need eyes, ears, and half of a brain. Unlike most other live players, Elon works out in the open and will mostly tell you exactly what he's doing
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[ed. If even half of this is true, Trump's just a useful idiot and way out of his league (which is like saying the sky is blue). Same with Congressional Republicans who'll pay the price for all the damage Musk is inflicting on their districts, constituents and supporters.]
