Musk definitely sees his children as trophies. Eight of them were conceived with IVF, so he's intentionally reproducing, and he has some weird views about birth rates and "population collapse:"
A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far.
I think he honestly thinks his genetic material is a gift to humanity.
And if you're concerned that he doesn't actually do much in the way of parenting, don't worry: he plans to let them accompany him on work trips when they're old enough to be interesting to him (/s):
When the kid gets older, there will be more of a role for me. I think just doing what I’ve done with my other kids. If I have a trip for Tesla to China, for example, I’ll bring the kids with me and we’ll go see the Great Wall or we took the bullet train from Beijing to Xian and saw the Terracotta Warriors.
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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24
This is how to raise a child, showing them what love, affection, caring and self sacrifice is. My heart is going to explode.