"Investors can't tell if Elon Musk was making a weed joke or if he’s actually talking about investments" should be a headline from @TheOnion, not a necessary topic of financial discussion for a company that already has a laundry list of serious issues.
For both @elonmusk and @realDonaldTrump, the use of @Twitter as an "official medium" has allowed them to A/B test simulated reality. Float an idea via tweet, let society argue about the proposed impact, "it's a joke" if it works out badly, "surprise I'm a truth teller" if well.
That angst when reading such tweets, that overwhelming desire to comment, that stolen attention in the minutes of your day, they all go to a collective simulation for their benefit. Our stolen attention and rage fuel our collective thinking that is being used to benefit them -_-
