Is he a very sly mass manipulator like some people seem to think, or are we really looking at a down to earth guy with very outspoken ideas about how to improve humanity by helping us reach a society that no longer struggles with scarcity, but enjoys abundance? I am strongly convinced that the latter is the case!
And maybe that is because I see him doing what I myself am doing on a way smaller scale: seeing all the connections between various concepts, and recognizing the opportunities of combining them. Of course I am nowhere near as enterpreneurial as Elon is, but yeah, I get him...
And of course he is a driven business man: creating and selling PayPal as a kid and making his first millions, and having started Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, etc, I think many Wall Street analysts are completely underestimating his route to ultimate success.