There’s no question that superheroes and their opponents are much more entertaining than university teachers, which is why the very public meeting between Elon Musk and Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday was a magnificent spectacle. Apart from their fans, it was clear to everyone that the two had come together to transform themselves into shining figures and to drive a few more stakes into the digital industry, in which both had just lost a lot of power. With just two microphones on a stage in the Tesla factory in Silicon Valley, the live broadcast on Netanyahu’s Twitter/X account had the wonderful aura of voyeurism. It’s as if you really get an insight into the workshop of global economic policy.