Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk biography is a book of rigorous and dogged reportage, but lacks analysis and often ignores the moments at which Musk's flaws scale
In Walter Isaacson's buzzy new biography, Elon Musk emerges as a callous, chaos-loving man without empathy.
The big new Elon bio is well reported but it's too interested in the literary question of whether it matters that he's mean to individual people when he's doing big things. Imo, the more important question is whether it matters that he causes systemic harm https://www.vox.com/...
In an interview the author repeatedly referred to both Musk and Jobs as “inventors” which I find bizarre and seemingly ubiquitous. Managers, investors, visionaries or whatever but not inventors. To me that word requires actual technical insight. https://www.vox.com/...
In his new book, Walter Isaacson compares Elon Musk to a “man-child who resists potty-training.” If we look closely at the amount of damage he is positioned to do, how comfortable are we with the power Musk currently has? https://www.vox.com/...
Of all the reviews I have read of the new Musk biography, this one is actually sensible and thoughtful and not driven, as often seems to be the case, by the reviewer's personal dislike for the man. https://www.vox.com/...