Elon MuskRecommended Books
Co-founder of PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, and Neuralink
Elon Musk is an entrepreneur, investor, and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; and owner, executive chairman, and CTO of X Corp.
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“Reading The Culture series by Banks. Compelling picture of a grand, semiutopian galactic future. Hopefully not too optimistic about AI.”
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“Best books in recent years imo are Iain Banks & George Martin.”
“Ignition by John Clarke, Huzel & Wang book on propulsion, Asimov's Foundation, Heinlein's MiaHM @WHester #APSpaceChat”
“Dune series by Herbert also brilliant. He advocates placing limits on machine intelligence.”
“Am reading Robert Massie's book on Catherine the Great. Yeah, I know what you're probably thinking ... did she really f a horse”
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“Have recently come to appreciate the awesome, absurdist humor of Waiting for Godot. We so often wait, without knowing why, when or where.”
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