Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance
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American entrepreneur, investor
American businessman
American politician
Recommended by 12 notable people, including Sophie Bakalar and Joe Rogan
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South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. He is the real-life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films starring Robert Downey Junior. The personal tale of Musk’s life comes with all the trappings one associates with a great, drama-filled story. He was a freakishly bright kid who was bullied brutally at school, and abused by his father. In the midst of these rough conditions, and the violence of apartheid South Africa, Musk still…
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Consider Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig. Recommended by 25 sources.
“You’re strapped into a mental road trip where every roadside repair becomes a treatise on Quality. Pirsig’s narrator, haunted by a former self, meditates on technology and madness while struggling to connect with his son. The useful part: it rewires how you think about craft, reason, and what makes something ‘good.’ The frustration: the ride keeps stopping for lectures that some will find illuminating and others self-indulgent; the thin characters and dated psychology may leave you stranded.”
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