When art imitates life, you should expect it. When life imitates art, you should worry.
When people consider the most dazzling personalities of our generation, the same names tend to crop up. The politically minded tend to think of influential politicians while the artistic types opt for memorable creatives.
To make the task as objective as possible and, as a means of tapping the collective unconsciousness, I asked ChatGPT and got the following names: Elon Musk, Angela Merkel, Xi Jinping, Greta Thunberg and Jeff Bezos. As normie as it gets, but it is what it is.
Getting musky
Regardless of people's individual pursuits, the name of Elon Musk has, by now, been heard by everyone worldwide. In developed countries, Musk is known as an eccentric genius self-made billionaire who often doesn't do as he is told but ultimately does the right thing when it comes to affecting average people's lives.
He's considered to be absolutely brilliant, delivering technological marvels that manage to walk the tightrope of appeasing cloak-and-dagger defence sector companies and hawkish military generals, whilst also offering up snazzy products, thereby appeasing billions of airy-fairy consumers in the form of electric cars, AI enhancement, space shuttle journeys, tunnels, brain implants and battery-powered homes.
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| Elon Musk meets Israeli President Isaac Herzog in 2023 in Jerusalem, Israel to discuss the use of SpaceX Starlink satellites. |
But what if it's all an act?
Acting the part
To understand how and why Elon Musk could simply be an elaborate and audacious PR stunt, it is important to understand who Tony Stark (Iron Man) is.
The Marvel/Iron Man universe (as it is referenced by comic-book aficionados) is a fictional superhero series in the form of comic books published by Marvel Comics. Co-created by Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, Iron Man made his first public debut in 1963, and received its own dedicated title with Iron Man issue #1 in 1968.
In the fictional story, Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark is born on 29 May 1970, in Manhattan, New York to Howard Stark, a famous genius inventor and businessman, and Maria Stark, a socialite and philanthropist.
Growing up under the eye of family butler Edwin Jarvis, his life was characterised by a cold and affectionless relationship with his father. Seeing that his son could achieve great things, Howard tried to inspire him with constant talks about his own role in the creation of Captain America. This instead embittered Tony Stark, who felt that his father was taking more pride in his creations than in his family.
A brilliant and unique child prodigy, Stark attended MIT for two years starting at age 14 and graduated summa cum laude at 17.
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| Magazine cover from Iron Man (2008) depicting precocious and robotics-focused Tony Stark. |
Enter Elon Musk
With that in mind, Elon Musk was born on 28 June 1971: exactly 1 day, 1 month and 1 year from the date of Tony Stark's birthday.
His profile goes as follows: A member of the wealthy South African Musk family, Elon was born in Pretoria and briefly attended the University of Pretoria before immigrating to Canada at age 18, acquiring citizenship through his Canadian-born mother.
Musk has gone on record about the fractured relationship with his father. In an interview with Rolling Stone in 2017, he called Errol Musk a "terrible human being" and said he first experienced a rift with his father when he was a child following his parents' divorce.
At 20, he enrolled at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada but later transferred to Pennsylvania University and received bachelor's degrees in economics and physics. He moved to California in 1995 to attend Stanford University. |
| Elon Musk with Peter Thiel in 2000. |
In October 2002, eBay acquired PayPal for $1.5 billion, and that same year, with $100 million of the money he made, Musk founded SpaceX, a spaceflight services company. In 2004, he became an early investor in electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla and went on to become its chairman, product architect and CEO by 2008.
A flurry of shrewd business decisions between 2006 and 2020 -- with seemingly everything he bought turning to gold -- Musk unleashed a kaleidoscope of companies within the IT, robotics and engineering sectors including solar energy company SolarCity (2006), a hyperloop high-speed vactrain transportation system in 2013, co-founded OpenAI, the developers of ChatGPT in 2015, and, in 2016, Musk co-founded Neuralink -- a neurotechnology company developing electronic brain implants.If that wasn't enough, the eccentric extraordinaire founded an industrial tunnel construction company with typically plentiful government barriers nowhere to be seen, dubbed "the Boring Company" as a means of tickling the taste buds of his growing fanbase.
In 2022, Musk acquired the biggest social media platform Twitter for $44 billion before immediately rebranding it to "X" and declaring his intentions to create "the everything app". Most recently, in March 2023, Musk founded xAI, an artificial intelligence company.
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Tony
Stark |
Elon Musk |
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Date of
Birth |
29 May
1970 |
28 June
1971 |
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Entrepreneurship |
A natural
genius inventor who is also a successful entrepreneur, leading Stark
Industries. |
A genius entrepreneur known for founding and
leading companies such as Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company. |
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Visionary
Leadership |
Considered
a visionary in robotics, known for his forward-thinking ideas and commitment
to pushing the boundaries of technology and innovation. |
Considered
a visionary in computing and engineering, known for his forward-thinking
ideas and commitment to pushing the boundaries of information technology and
innovation. |
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Technology
and Innovation |
Brilliant
inventor and engineer responsible for creating advanced technologies,
including the Iron Man suit. |
Brilliant
investor, closely associated with groundbreaking technological advancements.
Known for his work in electric vehicles, space exploration, and renewable
energy. |
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Space
Exploration |
Deeply
involved in space exploration and is a key figure in the Avengers' efforts to
protect the Earth from extraterrestrial threats. Patriotic to the US. |
Operates
a huge multi-national private aerospace manufacturer and space transportation
company. Assists the US government in defence matters. |
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Risk-Appetite
and Ambition |
Willingness
to take physical risks and pursue ambitious vigilante projects that others
might deem impossible. |
Willingness
to take financial risks and pursue ambitious business projects that others
might deem impossible. |
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Public
Persona |
Cultivated a public image that is
charismatic, yet often controversial. Retains a “Man of the People” image in
tandem with being a government darling. |
Cultivated
a public image that is charismatic, yet often controversial. Retains a “Man
of the People” image in tandem with being a government darling. |
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Focus on
Sustainable Energy |
Stark
Industries, under Tony Stark's leadership, transitions its focus towards
cleaner and more sustainable technologies in the Marvel comics and movies. |
All of
Musk's companies are vocal advocates for sustainable energy. Tesla in
particular is dedicated to reducing humanity's dependence on fossil fuels via
EVs. |
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Defence
Sector Collaboration and Government Relations |
Directly
involved with developing weapons of mass destruction for the US government
such as the Iron Man fleet. Directly assists with law enforcement despite
regularly committing misdemeanours. Baulks at vigilante restrictions. |
Directly
involved with developing technologies that assist warfighting such as the Starlink
program and SpaceX. Invests in and supports law enforcement despite
regularly committing misdemeanours. Baulks at oppressive government
overreach. |
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Personal
Traits |
Eccentric,
hyper-focused, hyper-active, low distractibility, profuse grandstanding,
impulsive, reckless, chronic substance abuse, Stark shows several indications
of ADHD. |
Eccentric,
hyper-focused, withdrawn, shy, pioneer, chronic drug user, Musk has admitted he’s been diagnosed with Autism. |
Life imitating Art
When art imitates life, this is expected and it makes sense that artists find inspiration from real-life events. There's a comfort in knowing that things happen organically and people then react in various ways in the form of art. But when it's the other way around and life imitates art; when real-life events match what artists have already made, alarm bells should be ringing.
When life imitates art with high precision and in high definition including specific personal details, dates and specific themes -- then the writing on the wall is clear.
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| The real-world Elon Musk and the fictional Tony Stark working on their favourite robotics project. |
There is a very high likelihood that Elon Musk is an actor playing a role with his entire adult life being scripted around a fictional character.
In other words, real-world events are being scripted and brute-forced into reality and official history to match previously written fiction.
It is highly dubious that one man could set up so many successful companies, achieving so much in so little time, and all the while, persistently going against the grain, ignoring corporate rules, being flagrant with various regulations, publicly using drugs and constantly portraying an image of being a rebel in the body of a genius. Musk's PR image has been crafted so well that most people believe it is a complete coincidence that his entire life mirrors the life of a comic book superhero.
To the contrary, his acolytes would probably claim his cult-status exceptionality only goes to prove his genius thereby proving that outdated systems can always be pierced with fresh innovative thinking and autism-boosted savant-grade pattern recognition ability (another convenient lie).
For Musk to be in the position he is in today, he would need significantly influential people collaborating to enable this audacious multiyear public relations endeavour to operate and succeed.
The Last Act?
Very importantly, in the Marvel universe, Tony Stark dies at the age of 53, in the process of defeating Thanos (God of Death) by "snapping death out of existence", yet dying himself.
Currently, Elon Musk is 52 years of age. So for the story arc to conclude in full, Elon Musk must die sometime between June 2024 and June 2025 to maintain a consistent parallel between art and life.
In terms of his "death", it will likely not be a death at all, but rather, an actor being pulled off stage and provided retirement under a new name (or maybe his original name) while the world considers Musk to be a true superhero of our time.
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| Magazine cover from the first Iron Man movie in 2008 depicting Tony Stark's humanitarian ambitions. |
Most likely, he will be labelled as a prophetic visionary who helped billions of people into a better life via artificial technology and digital empowerment. Given how negative fossil fuels are now considered, his biggest claim to fame -- EV cars -- could well be hailed as the world's saviour from the scourge of greenhouse gases.
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| Fortune article from Sep 2023 showcasing Musk's humanitarian ambitions ala Tony Stark in Iron Man. |
In the tale of Elon Musk and Tony Stark -- most people will likely believe the mainstream narrative and will not allow the truth to get in the way of a good story, likely scripted sometime in the late 90s and made a reality by elitist overlords who have the power to write history in real-time, based on previously written fiction.
If history is ultimately written by the victors, the Stark-Musk narrative indicates that historical revisionism and fictitious biographies can be crafted in real time and in plain sight, despite the necessarily sinister connotations that ensue.
Written by George Tchetvertakov
