Um. @Tiger, I think you're missing the point.
If one is in, for a human, full possession of one's native wit and ability to process human-social interactions, one usually has a Very Good Ability to detect and reject con men. Or women. It doesn't always work, of course; kind of in a "the race goes to the fittest", there are very good con men who can fool pretty much anybody, at any time. P.T. Barnum's comment on, "You can fool all the people..." etc., comes to mind.
The thing is, for certain (but certainly not all) of the people on the autism spectrum, that capability to detect the presence of people whose interests are not aligned with one's own is not, shall I say, quite up to snuff.
I think that I'd argue that the very well off tend to have very good BS detectors. And it's kind of human nature for the rest of us that, if we see a Very Well Off Person, our natural inclination is to think that said person is Really Good at BS detection. But having Lots of Money tends to draw BS-ers like flies.
Heck, why do you think that Trump calls up Elon for No Good Reason on a regular basis? Would Trump be calling up someone who didn't have money? (Of course, the same could be said of any political organization or individual with a Need For Money, not to mention 99% of the charities in the world.)
Think back to when Elon insulted that cave diver guy. They guy, who at least was well-informed in his field, told Elon to Go Elsewhere. Elon flew off the handle and we know the results. But.. what if Elon had sounded the guy out privately, like a huge number of people would have done? Or sounded out somebody else well-versed in the field? What if Elon had realized that this cave diver guy was under some serious stress trying to arrange for a rescue, and simply Let It Go? Both of the above are things that more.. balanced.. people might have done. But for a person who himself has admitted he's on the Autism Spectrum and stated, "What do you expect?" (on SNL, no less).. Things just don't work that way.
So going on and on about how normal people would have handled what Elon's doing and that "It's all personal choice and inclination!" doesn't exactly fly, here. Clearly, Elon isn't afraid of goring bulls; in some respects, he appears to see things clearer that the so-called Masters of Industry, hence his start-ups that Do Wonders. But he appears to have his blind, or at least obscured, parts.
Why doesn't he, himself, recognize this and Take Steps? Um. Introspection is a social clues business. So, you're watching a car with three wheels, here.
