Ashley St. Clair on the $40M silence offer
par Krzysztof W.: Elon Musk
A $40 million check to stay silent. Ashley St. Clair, mother of one of Elon Musk's children, turned down the offer for Alex Gibney's documentary 'Musk'. The sum forces a reckoning with what speech actually costs and why such an amount exists. It points to complicated dynamics and a specific struggle with truth itself. She decided her kids need to see that material comfort never outweighs speaking the truth. #ElonMusk #Tech
Transcription (en)
On my end, I was offered the opportunity not to speak for $40 million. And so when you're offered something like that, it really causes a debate in your head about what your speech means and how valuable that is. And why do they want to offer me this amount of money to not speak? And I believe Alex spoke to it a little bit about Elon's unreality. And he does have complicated relationships generally, but his most complicated relationship is with the truth. And so I think, most importantly, I want to set the example for my kids that you should never take being materially comfortable over speaking the truth.
