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Psychology In Seattle Podcast

The Psychology of Elon Musk (Chapter 6 - Complete Failure)

Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Kirk Honda

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Dr Kirk Honda and Humberto explore hypotheses regarding the psychology of Elon Musk.

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00:00 2008 Recession
05:21 Elon & Justine's relationship & divorce
32:33 Justine's TED Talk

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September 20, 2024

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0:00.0

Hey Desarmen Listeners, this is Chapter 6 in our deep dive on the Psychology of Elon Musk.

0:05.4

Let's get into it. This is the Psychology in Seattle Podcast.

0:09.2

I'm your host, Dr. Kirk Honda. I'm a therapist, a professor, and a youtuber.

0:14.4

My name is Umberto Kastagna and I lay organic fiber optic cable.

0:18.0

So, this is 2008. We have reached at at he's 37 and this is his worst year yet on paper anyway so

0:30.0

SpaceX had three failed attempts to get his rocket into orbit,

0:36.5

and they only had enough money for one more try,

0:40.3

and they only had enough money for like another month of operations

0:46.0

before SpaceX had to close its doors or something.

0:50.0

Tesla was also failing, 2008.

0:53.0

Investors were so concerned with the viability of Tesla that they were pressuring

1:01.0

Elon to just cut their losses and downsize to just a battery company.

1:07.0

So that was also, because they hadn't sold any cars yet.

1:11.0

Yeah.

1:12.0

Also, what else do you remember about 2008, Berto? Oh, let's see. Something about housing markets? Yeah.'s vague, vague memory.

1:24.0

Like I might have been affected by it in some ways.

1:27.0

Oh yeah.

1:28.0

Yeah, the world ended.

1:30.0

The world collapsed.

1:32.0

Oh my gosh.

1:33.0

It's hard to remember when I was going, you know, through my notes on this.

1:37.0

It took me a second to remember just how apocalyptic it was.

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