BANGKOK — 'The fundamental weakness is empathy,' Musk recently told radio podcast host Joe Rogan. 'There is a bug, which is the empathy response.'
As Musk has established himself as, at least, the second most powerful person in an administration seeking a wholesale remaking of institutions, rules and norms, what he said matters, because it encapsulates a political plan. What the Project 2025 report set out in over 900 turgid pages, Musk's remark captures in a simple pithy mantra for the social media age.
