Maye Musk publicly praised her son Elon's memory in a tweet on X. She revealed the world's wealthiest person was her encyclopedia as he remembered everything he read. In a matter of hours, the quoted post gathered more than 644,000 views.
The 78-year-old model, dietitian and bestselling author was responding to her son's own advice on the platform. Elon Musk had replied to Arizona-based astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy with a brief formula for learning: 'Read books, talk to people & iterate rapidly with hardware & software.'