“I would like to apologize to Halli”

It's a half apology; Musk is shifting blame to someone else who told him "untrue things". He's not taking much personal responsibility for his failure to 1) act in good faith starting with assuming positive intent and 2) verify information himself before flying off the rails and going ape shit on someone with several orders of magnitude less power than himself.

It's about average for an apology from a ego-maniacal narcissist.

What a fragile ego with this one. I make varying degrees of mistakes everyday, it's an inherent part of the human experience. I appreciate the opportunities I receive to get feedback and take accountability so I can let people know that I truly do care about them, and also improve myself over time so I'm at least not making the same mistakes in an endless shitshow loop.

It doesn't have to be a big deal, though to be fair, I do have other sensitivities that are more challenging for me personally to address and make progress on.

Edit: @toomuchtodo, my HN good buddy, why'd you delete your reply? You nailed it.

> toomuchtodo replied to your comment [link]:

> That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, that's not a big deal. And if it is, that's not my fault. And if it was, I didn't mean it. And if I did, you deserved it.

Edit 2: But I like giving you the credit! Cheers

This is likely the first time Elon has publically apologized for anything.

Well it was expensive lesson but he finally gets it

Here’s the thing though, who cares who told you that someone was faking it: at what point is acceptable to publicize medical information you required an employee to provide? And that is required to be confidential?

What kind of amoral shithead do you have to be to think that kind of behavior is ever ok?

This is in line with his character based on the way he has treated other people.