The post covid monetary policy is "hair-trigger". The slightest disruption will be met immediately with massive intervention. The future is inflationary.
Elon Musk: "You cannot ask for two years of salary in escrow and consider yourself a cofounder.
There's got to be some combination of inspiration, perspiration, and risk to be a cofounder."
when Elon recruited Mueller in 2002 from a stable job at TRW, he insisted that two years of his salary be placed in escrow as protection in case SpaceX failed.
Musk agreed to the escrow arrangement, but this directly influenced how Musk viewed him.