Free-tweeting Elon Musk has turned the bird on us all

A few years ago, at an industry conference, Elon Musk said he believes we’re probably living in some kind of video game simulation. If he’s right, that’s the way he wanted it.

As if the references to marijuana and boobs on Twitter weren’t enough, a reference to Elvis Presley on Twitter over the weekend should have been proof that Mr. Musk was holding the controller. The “Love Me Tender” tweet, sent around noon on Saturday, could easily have meant that Mr. Musk spent a weekend afternoon relaxing with some oldies after a tumultuous week. Or, as a sea of ​​press reports reported Sunday, it could mean that the world’s richest person is preparing a takeover bid for what he calls the world’s “de facto town square.”