He's been gradually disappearing deeper down right-wing alt-science and junk conspiracy rabbit holes. It's very sad to see in real time. Go ahead and throw more disagrees but it's absolutely true. Treating the man like an infallible god is childish and counter-productive.
i think my posting history speaks for itself regarding how bullish i am on Tesla as a company and its products. I also think Elon's accomplished an astounding number of incredible achievements. He's obviously a very smart guy, too. Not just a product of "right place right time", luck, or inherited privilege. He's a bona fide once-in-a-lifetime entrepreneur, and for a CEO he is incredibly sharp on the technical details of his companies' products and problems.
However, I also think the biggest threat to Tesla's future is Elon pushing the company to make billion dollar bets on shaky alt-right impulses. Impulses like incorrectly claiming that COVID was a hoax, or speculating that Bitcoin is the future of all money. Is the justification for investing in Bitcoin going to portend a subtle pivot of Tesla's mission, downplaying the dangers of climate change as well?
There is also him conspicuously taking potshots at the Onion and promoting the eternally cringey (and coincidentally right-leaning) Babylon Bee instead, whining about "cancel culture" and pronouns for no good reason. These things don't affect the company in any way, but they are symptoms of the same disease. They reaffirm the kind of trash voices that have his ear at the moment, and it is definitely not reassuring to me as an investor.