Did you see The Expanse on Amazon Prime or did you read the books by James S A Corey? I can't help but think about Holden as I watch Twitter implode, and just how absolutely right the character was.

The refrain in the series is: two (or more) powers are in conflict, it's about to get existential and winner-take-all. Then ol' Jimmy Holden wanders in and forces them to stop fighting. He doesn't ask them to play nice, he forces them into a stable equilibrium.

His main drive as a character is that anyone who thinks they have all the answers is both wrong and a tyrant in the making (or already made). And I just hear that over and over with Musk. How he has the answers, then we see that his answers are simplistic and bound to fail when confronted with a complex reality.

Like Holden, I believe the only way is to empower stakeholders at various levels. It's the only way to ensure your plan will fit a complex reality. Unfortunately, it means everyone's great idea is revealed as garbage and it's emotionally and egoistically very difficult

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