Honestly? My wholly-unsubstantiated pet theory is that engaging with a large following on social media is as unhealthy for the followee as an intense parasocial relationship is for a follower.
That or he thinks the United Federation of Planets has to form _now_, and he's playing the part he thinks is required to get there.
I recall one where the interviewer asked him what was his biggest fear.
He replied something like "that I will be surrounded people who just kiss my ass and don't call me on my shit."
Man, at that point he was such a clear thinker. Truly a victim of his own success in the worst ways.
As far as my own unsubstantiated pet theory, he went publicly nuts right after the time he had to write a multi-billion dollar tax check. Humans are just not evolved for that. It should be part of tax withholdings to avoid that mental trauma.
That or he thinks the United Federation of Planets has to form _now_, and he's playing the part he thinks is required to get there.