The writing is poor, the structure chaotic and the whole project imbalanced. But this biography of Elon Musk is still fascinating. How could it not be? Musk, as we all know, is the world’s richest person: pushing the boundaries of electric cars with Tesla, of space travel with SpaceX, and of taste with Twitter (or X, as he now calls it).
And what access Walter Isaacson has. He has spoken to practically everybody: to Amber Heard (with whom Musk had a relationship), to Bill Gates, to Jeff Bezos, to Richard Branson, to Grimes and most of all to Musk himself. They’re on midnight texting terms.
