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Elon Musk tried to be funny at Davos and the silence that followed made the vacuum of space feel noisy
John Plunkett. Updated January 23rd, 2026
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The great thing about Elon Musk – no, stick with us, please – is that no matter how much money he has, he will never be funny.
And if there’s anything in the universe that Musk wants to be – apart from on Mars – is funny.
So we probably shouldn’t be surprised that he tried to tell a joke when appearing before his fellow billionaires at the Davos world economic forum. And we’re glad he did, in a way, because the silence that followed made the vacuum of space feel noisy.
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