The real question isn't if he could have lasted or had to adapt. The real question is if the next Steve Jobs will be able to do the things the old one did, while avoiding post-progressive pitfalls.
Elon is different. People called and still call Jobs a jerk (as James Gosling in his interview with Lex Fridman). Elon shows erratic behavior from time to time, but I do not think people would call him a jerk.
I think his transphobic and downplaying covid tweets got him called a jerk. Oh and the pedophile accusation against that guy that rescued the kids from the cave. I think he was a jerk for that one.
