--- title: "Elon Musk Brags That He Is the “Best at Humility”" description: "\"Don’t want to brag but... I’m the best at humility,\" Musk tweeted today. To his credit, the billionaire hasn't shied away from admitting when he was wrong." date: "2021-11-19" modified: "2021-11-19" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-brags-best-humility" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "SpaceX" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Brags That He Is the “Best at Humility” !["Don’t want to brag but... I’m the best at humility," Musk tweeted today. To his credit, the billionaire hasn't shied away from admitting when he was wrong.]() *\Image: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images\* ## Humblebrag Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he's the best — at being humble. "Don’t want to brag but... I’m the best at humility," Musk tweeted today, in what most likely amounted to a cheesy dad joke — though at the same time, it may carry a shade of self-awareness. To his credit, the billionaire hasn't shied away from admitting when he was wrong, despite only doing so on the rarest of occasions. For instance, there was the time he admitted his car company's self-driving software [was "not great]()." Then there was the time Tesla had to pay $1.5 million back in July to [settle claims]() of a software update nerfing the range of some of their Model S sedans. "If we are wrong, we are wrong," [Musk admitted]() at the time. "In this case, we were." ## With Conviction But more often than not, Musk's public image is one of extraordinary conviction. His quips on Twitter often couldn't be further from humility, either, such as when he [predicted that Tesla]() would soon become the biggest company in the world. In other words, today's tweet is likely a silly play on the idea that he's actually the last person to get an award for his modesty. Musk, after all, is the human embodiment of superlatives. He's the richest man in the world, building the world's largest rocket, and selling the most electric cars that can have the longest range. And those kind of endeavors aren't exactly going to make you the humblest person in the world as well. **More on Elon Musk:** [*Elon Musk Fans Are Furious at Him for Being Mean to Bernie Sanders*]() ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()