Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee VanceMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Fascinating and inspiring man. Also interesting to note the similarities between him and others like Steve Jobs, as well as the differences (space and solar power vs. ipods and ipads).
Will be curious to read a follow-up in a few years. The author seemed a bit star-struck at times, but otherwise written well.
Some of my notes:
- Would go into a dreamlike state when concentrating in childhood
- Had a compulsion to read
- "churned through 2 sets of encyclopedias"
- had photographic memory
Detroit had been separated from its own can-do culture: "Tesla tried to lease a small office in Detroit. The building's owner wanted to see 7 years of financials. Then he wanted two years' worth of advanced rent. Tesla could have bought the building outright".
Scolded an employee for missing a work event to see the birth of his son.
Musk: "The sixty billion dollar bullet train they're proposing in California would be the slowest bullet train in the world at the highest cost per mile... It's meant to allow people to go from LA to San Francisco in about 2.5 hours upon its completion in - wait for it - 2029."
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