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Pros
The narrative of the book is as captivating as it is enlightening. The critique embedded within the narrative ensures the reader doesn't get lost in the glorification. While this is a long book, it is eminently readable.
The way his brain worked to creat all of that and more is simply unbelievable. He relentlessly pushes boundaries to achieve what seems impossible. Humanity is luck to get one of these genius' once in couple of centuries with such a positive game chang... Read More
Walter isaacson's portrayal of musk is both comprehensive and balanced. Isaacson successfully navigates through the multifaceted life of musk, ensuring a seamless reading experience. Unique charm of isaacson’s writing is his ability to delve deep into... Read More
Musk personifies the great man theory of history. He delves into musk's childhood and teen years, providing a nuanced understanding of how adversity shaped musk's character.
Musk builds stuff to make it all possible. Tesla is not just a =n ev car company; it's a laboratory for solar power, ai, human/machine cooperation. Space-ex is the first of a a caravan of technologies destined to carry human pioneers to mars where the... Read More
Cons
Author tries to argue that all this erratic behavior is because there is no one as visionary as musk. Isaacson offers no meaningful insight into elon's personality or thought processes (other than to carp about elon's lack of empathy and spout pop psy... Read More
There are many accounts of good people who end up being shown the door in what seem to be humiliating scoldings by elon himself. It looks like he meddles, damages workers self esteem with his tirades, and generally inserts himself into these team situ... Read More
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Quality
The book is a rich tapestry of stories about musks family and friends his revolutionary ventures such as zip2paypal evs solarro... Read More
Competitiveness
One man changing the course of the world
I am a reluctant champion for his continued success
Starting from scratch musk has built america’s leading rocket and space communications company by ignoring the hidebound bureau... Read More
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- This product had a total of 4,825 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 30 2023.
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I disliked the characterizations of south africa at the beginning which having lived in johannesburg at the same time that is being referred to seem to be very dramatized and inaccurate bit bedsides that i found the book fascinating
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Not an easy book about a one of a kind human being
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He is a contradiction on virtually every level
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Difficult to like but impossible not to respect hence the top people in technology eagerly work for and with him
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He says what he believes and cares not at all for the repercussions because it is his truth
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I finished this book as an elon musk fan and think others will also
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Read this book to learn about americas possibilities going forward not to learn how to be a billionaire
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After reading this book a solid musk showed up not only innovated passionate missionary but also have shortcomings bad tempered hypocritical no empathy which made him do things beyond our expectations
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