The bottom line is that Musk is doing things today, in many fields, Gates hasn’t done anything noteworthy in decades and is merely a rent seeker and a trivial person. When Musk lives in a small 50k folding home at his space launch site working feverishly, Gates is hanging around with Epstein and Buffett and Oprah and Fauci and cheating on his wife.
Musk is building things, Gates is an influencer screwing with normal people. Musk wants you to have an electric car. a ride in a rocket, and free speech
Gates wants you to to eat lab-grown beef and insects.