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The immediate problem I’m having with this Musk bio (on page 7 of 615) is that (1) he’s a sociopathic serial liar, (2) Isaacson seems disinterested in seriously investigating whether anything he says is true. Like, “wow, his childhood sounds unbelievably difficult. …SHOULD I believe this???”

There’s an opening anecdote about Musk attending a wilderness survival camp where “every few years, one of the kids would die.” Musk grew up white and rich in South Africa. You’re telling me white rich kids in SA were routinely dying and the camp stayed open? Seems… unbelievable.

That’s in the book, though Elon’s version is that he called the kid “stupid” and he calls everyone that because he’s on the spectrum, and aw geez can you believe Elon’s dad wasn’t supportive… Elon’s dad is just the worst and that’s the real skeleton key here.