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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
“Elon’s worst trait by far, in my opinion, is a complete lack of loyalty or human connection,”
Ashlee Vance • Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
I thought it was more important to let him know quickly what happened, but I learned it was more important to have all the information.”
Ashlee Vance • Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
maybe he was just able to detach from human connection to a remarkable degree. What was clear is that people who worked for him were like ammunition: used for a specific purpose until exhausted and discarded.”
Ashlee Vance • Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
“Sometimes you have to put something out there for people to attack,” Musk said. “In the long run, the stores won’t be important. The way things will really grow is by word of mouth. The stores are like a viral seed to get things going.”
Ashlee Vance • Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
The press had picked up on the fact that Musk tended to talk a huge game and then struggle to deliver on his promises in time, but they didn’t much care. The game he talked was so much bigger than anyone else’s that reporters were comfortable giving Musk leeway.
Ashlee Vance • Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
“You don’t get to where Elon is now by always being a nice guy, and he was just so driven and sure of himself.”
Ashlee Vance • Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
“He points out that one of the really tough things is figuring out what questions to ask,” Musk said. “Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy. I came to the conclusion that really we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask.” The teenage
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