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By the time Musk stepped into this coming chapter, commodity in the atmosphere around him had changed. People were no longer asking whether his ideas were possible. The debate had shifted toward what those ideas would mean over the coming century. Sp... more

By this point in Musk’s life, commodity subtle but important had shifted. The early times were about survival, also dislocation, also scale. But now the horizon looked different. The world was n’t asking him to make briskly buses or bigger rockets pr... more

Then’s the thing. By the time Tesla hit its stride around the early 2010s, the company was n’t just erecting buses . It was erecting a new idea of what the future should look like. But that kind of ambition comes with pressure that noway lets up. Par... more

By 2016, Elon had lived through the kind of pressure that cracks utmost people. The near- collapse of Tesla, the failures of early SpaceX rockets, the weight of public mistrustfulness, the bruises from private heartache all of that had reforged him i... more

When the timepiece rolled into 2009, Elon Musk had every reason to decelerate down. He'd just clawed his way out of fiscal ruin, slightly saved two companies, and gone through a brutal divorce that left him emotionally wrecked. But rather of resting,... more

When Elon Musk vended PayPal in 2002, he'd the kind of wealth utmost people ca n’t indeed conceptualize. He bought a McLaren, a small spurt, and a home in Bel Air but material effects were n’t the thing. Not really. While others were celebrating thei... more

Elon Musk was thirty times old and formerly amulti-millionaire, but he did n’t look or act like one. No palaces, no sports buses , no lazy recesses. rather, he was restless — haunted, indeed. The trade of PayPal had left him rich beyond imagination, ... more

Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa, a place of sharp sun, vast open spaces, and unnoticeable walls of intolerance. His nonage did n’t look extraordinary from the outside — a middle- class family, a quiet boy, a norma... more