I would go so far as to say that every horror we are now encountering was paved with the over-eager fulfillment of the useful and interesting obligation.
This echoes of Bagehot's Dignified / Efficient framing of English constitution.
To complete the requisite 2x2 here: Whimsical / Sclerotic
Musk just happens to be Hard Whimsical / Efficient.
Tsar Nicholas II exact opposite.