17 better ways Elon Musk could have wasted $446 million

17 better ways Elon Musk could have wasted $446 million

He’s not even good at being rich!

He’s not even good at being rich!

by Elizabeth LopattoNov 4, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesElizabeth Lopatto is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg.

One of the basic problems of spending too much time on social media is that you are cooking your brain by reading posts from a pack of attention-seeking lunatics. If your social media of choice is the site formerly known as Twitter, and it is your main source of contact with the outside world, you may delusionally throw away nearly $500 million dollars on midterm elections, just like Elon Musk.