I am neurodivergent myself. It is my lived experience as well.
That actually explains a lot. Our hyperfocus in these conversations. Inflexibilities. Tenacity. For me, it’s ADHD 100% and people who think you outgrow stuff, don’t understand.
But neurodivergence is not an superpower or excuse in his case just as it isn’t in one in yours or mine.
But no, I am correctly concerned.
Do I think he wants profit? No, he does not need profit.
He can lose everything and he will still have a roof over his head, food in his belly, friends, and people to listen to him talk – because he is charming and tells interesting stories.
He will never know poverty and has never known it. That’s ok. But it makes him unaware of certain realities and consequences.
His methods are identical in every place he works, which is one of the big reasons for my concerns.
I know how he did Paypal. I know how he did Tesla. I know how he did SpaceX. I know how he did Twitter.
This is how I know he’s doing this.
All of this is every reason why I do not trust him with this task. We will get a surface product but he is working deals we do not see because he does that, has always, and will always.