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Elon Musk
Elon Musk | Walter Isaacson
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Epic feats. Epic failures. An epic story. Walter Isaacson charts Elon Musks journey from humble beginnings to one of the wealthiest people on the planet but is Musk a genius or a jerk? From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of Elon Musk, the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter. When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue and charismatic fantasist. His fathers impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive. At the beginning of 2022 after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one rockets into orbit, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas. I need to shift my mindset away from being in crisis mode, which it has been for about fourteen years now, or arguably most of my life, he said. It was a wistful comment, not a New Years resolution. Even as he said it, he was secretly buying up shares of Twitter, the worlds ultimate playground. Over the years, whenever he was in a dark place, his mind went back to being bullied on the playground. Now he had the chance to own the playground. For two years, Walter Isaacson had unprecedented access. He shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress? The book includes over 100 integrated black and white images.
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Leftcoastzen
Leftcoastzen
Elon Musk | Walter Isaacson
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As seen on X aka Twitter! 😁

Bookwomble I'd have to have that sticker, too, if I drove one of the vehicles his employees conceived, designed and built, and which he takes credit for. 1mo
AlaMich That‘s the best! 1mo
ShelleyBooksie Awesome sticker 1mo
Leftcoastzen @Bookwomble indeed! 1mo
Ruthiella 😂😂😂 1mo
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SqueakyChu
SqueakyChu
Elon Musk | Walter Isaacson
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I don‘t like Musk, but I‘m in awe of Walter Isaacson, his biographer, after having read another of his books, “Steve Jobs”, a few years ago. This book is indeed very interesting.

SqueakyChu I never finished this book. Looking at Musk‘s face in the cover and knowing about who he is simply creeped me out!! 1w
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Sara_Planz
Sara_Planz
Elon Musk | Walter Isaacson
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While Elon Musk is a figure that many have strong opinions about, myself included, you cannot discount his incredible success. His determination and dedication to hitting his goals are unlike anyone I have ever read about. While I do not agree with all his methods or his personal touch, there were many things I could take from him for my career. Love or hate him, Musk dares to see how risk can lead to great reward.

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wen4blu
wen4blu
Elon Musk | Walter Isaacson
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As a kid growing up in South Africa, Elon Musk knew pain and learned how to survive it.

#firstlinefridays
#currentlyreading

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Decalino
Decalino
Elon Musk | Walter Isaacson
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This biography was a page turner--no matter what you think of Elon Musk, his life has certainly been eventful, and Walter Isaacson does a masterful job of portraying his complex world of business ventures and relationships. The portrait that emerges depicts a brilliant, visionary, obsessive, erratic, relentless, arrogant, unstable man. His accomplishments are extraordinary; his empathy for individual humans (as opposed to Humanity) is minimal.

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suvata
suvata
Elon Musk | Walter Isaacson
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Read in November 2023 ...
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suvata
suvata
Elon Musk | Walter Isaacson
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Pickpick

Musk is quite a character -- sometimes lovable and sometimes infuriating. If I ever met him I would be hard pressed to know whether to hug him or slap him. Just kidding. No doubt he‘s a genius with grand intentions so nothing but respect from me. ⬇️

suvata In this book, Walter Isaacson delves into the life and career of one of the most enigmatic and influential figures in technology and entrepreneurship, This biography provides an in-depth view of Elon Musk, portraying a man driven by a relentless quest to solve some of humanity‘s most pressing challenges. 4-Stars

#Bookstagram #ElonMusk #WalterIsaacson 12mo
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tphil10283
tphil10283
Elon Musk | Walter Isaacson
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Interesting and entertaining book about a genius that has unusual emotional responses.

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britt_brooke
britt_brooke
Elon Musk | Walter Isaacson
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I‘m no fan of this person, but I respect the biographer, and as a nonfiction lover, it‘s my duty to read relevant books. Also, my husband likes Musk so any debate fuel is always a plus. My opinion has improved slightly. Brilliant maybe, but a bit misdirected. I‘m happy not to see this cover anymore. 🫣

Bluebird I‘m planning to read this for the same reasons as you. Isaacson‘s biographies are always good reads for me. I have the audiobook, so won‘t need to see the cover image 😂😜 12mo
britt_brooke @Bluebird I did audio too, but the problem was when listening to it in the school car rider line every day. The screen in my car is distracting. 🫣😂 12mo
Simona The author is the only reason I will listen to this biography … but I‘m not sure if I‘m interested enough in Musk‘s story to spend with him for 20 hours 🤔 12mo
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britt_brooke @Simona I listened to it on 1.5-1.75x so that at least cut down on the time. It was an interesting read, though. 12mo
Simona Unfortunately that doesn't work for me … I'm a fast reader, but I'm not a ‘fast listener‘ 🙃 12mo
britt_brooke @Simona I‘m the opposite! 😄 12mo
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Twainy
Twainy
Elon Musk | Walter Isaacson
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like the way this author thinks. I‘ve read Code Breaker, Einstein, Jobs & now Elon Musk. He knows what I want to know.

I tend not to follow social media as I‘m more of a skeptic than a sheeple.

What I gather from this book is that Elon had a rough childhood & wants to make the world a better place no matter who he has to dress down. He doesn‘t seem to greedily crave money or power, he seems to want to fix things.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👇🏻👇🏻

Twainy Musk runs 6 companies. I‘m glad he‘s not my boss. Im convinced that only the brave work for him as he seems to promote excellence no matter how many heads roll.

I‘ve thought about it awhile & it makes me think that his antisocial, jackassery just makes him human. We all have faults, he has them and is trying to make the world a better place. Some of the projects he‘s working on are truly amazing.

Loved the book. Great narration! 👇🏻👇🏻 12mo
Twainy Elon is definitely an interesting subject & Walter Isaacson is brilliant. Great book. I read it straight through. #31by31 34/31 (edited) 12mo
intothehallofbooks Great review, thank you for it. I‘ve been curious about this one! 12mo
Twainy @intothehallofbooks it‘s not an expose but it‘s also not all positive. I like to read a nonfiction book every month and they mostly end up bios. I‘ve come across some really interesting subjects. 12mo
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