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Book Review: Elon Musk - by Scott Alexander

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Not the new one, sorry

Book Review: Elon Musk Not the new one, sorry Scott Alexander Sep 13, 2023 342 917 34 Share This isn’t the new Musk biography everyone’s talking about. This is the 2015 Musk biography by Ashlee Vance. I started reading it in July, before I knew there was a new one. It’s fine: Musk never changes. He’s always been exactly the same person he is now 1 . I read the book to try to figure out who that was. Musk is a paradox. He spearheaded the creation of the world’s most advanced rockets, which suggests that he is smart. He’s the richest man on Earth, which suggests that he makes good business decis

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