Incompetent Narcissism is the term I’ve used for Musk and others who think they are brilliant, but in reality just aren’t. But, they have an insatiable desire to be seen as brilliant and the easiest way to do that is to have crazy ideas that, because they are crazy, others don’t have. Sometimes those ideas pan out and they are seen as brilliant … and that really resonates for them. Most of the time those crazy ideas absolutely fail … they externalize the cause in those cases. The real damage comes when these Incompetent Narcissists have the money and/or power/influence to make it happen. Musk and Trump are prime examples of this.
Incompetent Narcissism is the term I’ve used for Musk and others who think they are brilliant, but in reality just aren’t. But, they have an insatiable desire to be seen as brilliant and the easiest way to do that is to have crazy ideas that, because they are crazy, others don’t have. Sometimes those ideas pan out and they are seen as brilliant … and that really resonates for them. Most of the time those crazy ideas absolutely fail … they externalize the cause in those cases. The real damage comes when these Incompetent Narcissists have the money and/or power/influence to make it happen. Musk and Trump are prime examples of this.