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Tesla has added Larry Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson to its board, picking a controversial Silicon Valley luminary and a respected human resources expert to show securities regulators that it’s giving Elon Musk more oversight.

The silence of Tesla’s board over the past two days after Elon Musk went on another Twitter tirade raises fresh questions about who has what it takes to oversee the unpredictable CEO.

Since we live in a world that loves to tear down its heroes as eagerly as it supports underdogs, we are only too happy to jump on every Elon Musk misstep as vindication for our doubts. By James Francis.