Netanyahu and Musk are different types of narcissists, both foolish and bad for the world [Video]

ELON MUSK AND Benjamin Netanyahu have one striking thing in common: they are nothing like as bright as they think they are. Although they operate in quite separate worlds, they share a wildly exaggerated sense of self-worth that stems largely from the same delusion, namely that having the most advanced technology at their disposal equates to significant brainpower or even basic intelligence.

It takes exceptional talents of a specific kind to build up successful companies, as Musk has done, with SpaceX and Tesla. It likewise takes particular abilities to build up – like Netanyahu – the largest war machine in the Middle East. However, being successful at business or good at waging war are no guarantee whatever, as the world can plainly see, of wisdom or real intelligence.

No doubt many very wealthy people are also wise. However, to imagine that the accumulation of banknotes is always a measure of …