Maeve Higgins: In reality, Elon Musk is just another idiot with too much money

Being stupid is one thing; being stupid and powerful is another, much worse, scenario

The Twitter social media app running on a mobile phone in London, as Twitter has accepted billionaire Elon Musk's bid to buy the company.

Now, more than ever, we need heroes.

We are lost. We need the most brilliant people to step up and solve the biggest problems. We could really do with a genius at the helm of this crazy old world. One person, a true legend. The type who could invent the electric car while casually being a rocket scientist, a champion who would revolutionise online life and make real-life traffic vanish.