Twitter’s Frankenstein Moment

Twitter finally proved its cultural influence was more valuable than the market thought. But perhaps not as planned.

Twitter is in disarray. The company’s top executives are leaving. Its share price is unstable. Its reputation is hurting. And its employees are frustrated. “It should not be possible,’ said one employee recently, “for individuals to toy with the world in quite this way, and yet…”

Elon Musk, that individual, has thrown Twitter into chaos, but ironically h…