Chris Williamson
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And it's, I mean, I feel like it's a great gift to us and a burden to him, right?
Like I, the people around him talk about like wishing that he would celebrate his accomplishments, wishing he would take a break, wishing he would be happier.
But he's just onto the next, onto the next.
And like, I think when you have a glimpse into his childhood, that makes a little more sense.
How so?
I mean his, as David center says, like the story of the father is embedded in the story of the son.
Um, his dad was.
certainly abusive.
Like there's verbally abusive.
Imagine like standing there as an eight-year-old boy for hours while your dad like screamed in your face, drill sergeants out, calls you worthless, calls you useless, calls you stupid.
When Elon was young, he got absolute shit kicked out of him.
Like gang stomped, not like lost a fight with one guy.
Hospitalized for a while.
His brother said he was like so swollen, he was unrecognizable.
And his dad sided with the bullies and like called him stupid for picking a fight that he would lose.
Like, what does that do?
Like that creates this furnace in you that like will never stop.
Um, and so I think there's, there's a lot of, he's not comfortable with peace.
Like he likes, he is, he is always at war and he's looking for the next war.
And that just like drives him always.