Elon Musk and the Silicon Valley Leper’s Club

We don’t need sociopathy to explain bad behavior. Just numbness.

James Horton, Ph.D
Lessons from History
12 min readJan 17, 2023

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Is Elon Musk a sociopath? I have been pondering this question as he recklessly dismembers Twitter.

Color me skeptical. I don’t want to justify Musk, but I think you can criticize his actions and even his character without resorting to pathological labels…

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James Horton, Ph.D
Lessons from History

Social scientist, world traveler, freelancer. Alaskan, twice. Follow if you like long(ish) articles. 2x top writer in Psychology, Climate Change.