Everyone can picture what happens when a monkey gets its hands on a hand grenade. But few of us could ever picture ourselves in that role.

Especially if you believe you’re smarter than 99.99% of humanity, sit on a fortune worth billions, and rub shoulders with the most powerful people on the planet.

No wonder someone like that believes they can foresee everything. Whatever dangerous game they start, they’re sure they’ll not only outsmart everyone around them, but walk away unscathed.

That’s what everyone who had it all and still ended badly believed.

People like that are still around. The trouble is, when the grenade goes off in their hands, everyone nearby can get hurt. And “everyone nearby” may mean all of humanity.

Monkey Logic

No, these people don’t command a fleet of thermonuclear missiles. But they have something that, according to Elon Musk, may be even more dangerous. And this is one of those rare cases when you can take him at his word.