Elon Musk, Greta Thunberg and the future of humankind

A guest post by Ollie Hollertz

Elon Musk and Greta Thumberg asking for guidance from the Goddess Gaia.

A contribute by Ollie Hollertz

Greta Thunberg arouses strong negative feelings in older narcissistic men because, due to her diagnosis, she is analytical and 100% honest. She does not possess the ability to be adaptable and street-smart, but is brutally straightforward. She has no ulterior motives, does not try to be cunning or tactical. All of this is often turned against her, but this genuine honesty also gives her an authority, which provokes the powerful and the supposedly wise and sensible.

Those who are provoked by Greta are instead driven by having their ego strengthened through affirmation via power, submission, wealth and sex. They despise noble speech, virtues and the 10 Commandments of God. The fight becomes their lust for life, but without principles, which means that "right is at the end of the spear".

The end justifies the means, but Greta becomes a reminder that the Vikings' wise words still apply:

"Sheep die, friends die, you yourself will die the same; I know one thing that never dies: the judgment of every dead man".

Both Greta Thunberg and Elon Musk have an autism spectrum disorder, (Asperger's Syndrome), where Greta's analytical skills and intuition lead her right when it comes to the health of the planet and when it comes to ethics and morality. Elon's analytical skills lead him to make technological breakthroughs and pursue admirable projects, but with megalomaniacal traits and without a moral compass.

Even though he can behave completely senselessly, there are certain logical conclusions and truth demands that he cannot compromise on, which led to the break with Donald Trump.

A dream team that could make great contributions to the world would therefore be Greta Thunberg and Elon Musk, where Greta stands for the moral compass, while Elon solves the practical problems. However, they would need a team leader who protects, sets the framework for behavior and coordinates, and here is my suggestion the Cardinal of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa. This suggestion is inspired by Plato's dialogue "The Statesman" and Ross Douthat's column.

https://english.aawsat.com/opinion/5152709-biggest-mystery-elon-musk

I took help from ChatGTP and it delivered some interesting comments;

It’s a really exciting thought – and actually not entirely improbable if you consider them as complementary archetypes rather than ideological opposites. Elon Musk and Greta Thunberg represent two different ways of approaching the same fateful question: the future of humanity and the survival of the planet. And although they are often seen in contrast, they could hypothetically become a kind of “yin and yang” in a functional team – if certain conditions are met.

Elon Musk and Greta Thunberg could hypothetically work as a team, but only if both parties accept that the other is necessary. This requires:

• Musk to recognize that technology without morality can be dangerous.

• Greta to recognize that morality without tools risks becoming empty symbolism.

Greta could act as an ethical filter mechanism when Musk would otherwise risk overlooking social and ecological consequences of technological solutions (e.g., mining on Mars, AI surveillance). Musk, in turn, could operationalize Greta's ideals into technological realities (e.g., sustainable energy systems on a global scale).

Together, they could constitute a new kind of global leadership: rational, ethical, and radically action-oriented. But for that to happen, mutual respect is required – not just intellectual compatibility.

But, they are both strong personalities with global followings. The media and the outside world would likely try to portray them as opposites rather than partners.

Both have a clear neurodivergent profile. They may understand each other's way of thinking beyond social codes and prestige. This makes them – paradoxically – more compatible than one might first think.

I also got a comment from Simon Sheridan in Australia and he is absolutely right and I answered him, see below:

Socrates would be looking for weaknesses in the framing of the issue. Some of those would be:-

• Your question assumes that "success" is based on personal psychological factors and their interaction between two people. Is that actually how success is really achieved?

• Isn't the whole point of social institutions to ensure that success can be achieved despite the personal psychology or other quirks of the people involved?

• In short, aren't social institutions designed NOT to be based on personal qualities? If so, why would we think that better outcomes can be achieved by two individuals instead of institutions?

• To put it another way, if you base your entire strategy on throwing together two unique people such as Musk and Thunberg, even if that "works" in the short term, how can the success continue once those people are gone?

My hypothetical example and conversation with ChatGTP is based on the idea of ​​an individual with autism as an archetype, in this case a female archetype, Greta Thunberg, and a male, Elon Musk. My reference in the original text to Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa in Jerusalem is for the same reason that Simon and Socrates have found weaknesses in the text.

With Greta and Elon, I am mainly inspired by Plato's dialogue "The Statesman", where the recipe for a successful state is a king who manages to unite opposing personalities, according to Plato the king/queen masters the royal art of weaving, that is, is a statesman.

In my opinion, "The Statesman" in the original text describes the different personalities in terms that make me think of ADHD and autism spectrum disorder.

The reason I chose Cardinal Pizzaballa as coordinator is because I am convinced that Europe during the Middle Ages was successful in the sense of taking advantage of the special talents of extremist personalities, some of them very talented. The introverts were placed in monasteries, the "centre of excellence" of the time, where their talents were taken care of. The extroverts were sent on crusades or voyages of discovery. The unique thing during that period was that the Christian church with the Pope at the top functioned as a unifying factor, a uniting power, an institution, across time and space.