Elon called the other day and said: “I just got out of jail. They locked me up for 30 hours. I’m a mess.”

He was depressed about what had happened so I suggested he come over. Elon is a world famous professional poker player and former professional chess player. I’ve known him for about 15 years and in that time he’s never had a real job but he’s always managed to hustle things together. We went over to the Algonquin Hotel, spread out the chessboard in the lobby and ordered hamburgers while we played blitz chess and talked.