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he's a contrarian. you're never going to get anything that makes sense. it's a way of life.

Yes but being contrary for the sake of contrarianism is anarchy. I got the impression he wanted no information to be given out there. I still have no idea what he wants. His reasoning and method of thought, though, lead me to suspect he may want some technological innovations at any cost. Or, he may be incredibly shortsighted about Trump. Or just out for chaos.

The contrarian thing may have been a rhetorical tactic to say nothing in an interview, too.

He can be entirely and uniformly contrarian throughout his entire life without being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian. We have no idea beyond wild guesses why he is contrarian.

Being contrarian is being contrary for the sake of being contrary.

Not according to the dictionary (maybe some, but it's clearly not a consensus): http://www.dictionary.com/browse/contrarian

Sure we do. Judge the man by his actions. He had this interview and stated contrary views to everything under the sun. Seems like he wants to be mysterious by answering with contradictions.

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