The greatest of moral compasses as you say.

Isaac newton, Thomas edison, Benjamin franklin, jfk, Martin Luther king, Steve jobs, and on and on and on. Just off the top of my head.

If there's something like for example say a math problem that needs to be solved in order for the world to advance, you need the guy who can do the math to lead out whether or not he is moral. You don't call on the guy who is moral but can't do the math. Same goes for horse training, gardening, basketball, tax expert, or whatever other example we'd want. You call and rely on the person good at that thing.

No one else could have done what musk has.