‘The smartest person in any room anywhere’: in defence of Elon Musk, by Douglas Coupland

He's the Silicon Valley Ubermensch, the maverick boss of Tesla and SpaceX who wants us to colonise Mars and who can wipe out billions of dollars with a single tweet. So what's not to love?

It's interesting whenever Elon Musk's name comes up and people begin discussing his accomplishments, such as the reinvention of money, automobiles and space travel, there's always someone who says: Yeah, but I hear he can be a real dick."

Take that, Elon.