#399 How Elon Works

The biography of Elon Musk that was written by Walter Isaacson came out a few years ago. It's six hundred and fifteen pages long. And so I read the book for the first time. when it came out and I didn't think I could make a great episode about it. And I think I've now finally figured out what I really want to talk to you about. It's it's gonna sound crazy because Elon is the richest person on the planet and the most famous entrepreneur alive, but I think that all of the other stuff, the politics, the tweets, the constant appearance in the news, or there's like you know, new controversies all the time, it just really distracts and takes away from the fact that Elon has a set of Timeless and brilliant and insanely valuable.

Principles. On how to build companies. How to invent new technology. and how to make an impact on the world around you. And so this is what I did. I have spent

At least At least sixty hours. Reading and re reading this book. This book is written in chronological order. So I would say it's more akin to reading a series of news reports over a few decades. than the typical way a biography is written. And so as it turns out

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