Elon Musk has revolutionized the aerospace and automobile industries with his Mars endeavor and electric vehicles. However, the most contentious project that he recently undertook was revamping Twitter after buying it for $44 billion. The recent purchase has not been beneficial for him considering the plummeting revenue and the new rival in Meta’s Thread.
In September 2023, Elon Musk will have a biography released by the renowned biographer, Walter Isaacson. The author has penned biographies of personalities like Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, and others. During an interview, Walter talked about his experience of being with the billionaire for three years, documenting his life. According to him, Musk is not concerned with monetary gains.
Many Weird Things And Demons Motivates Elon Musk
Elon Musk has been an antagonistic billionaire figure on the internet. However, Elon’s eccentricity does not corroborate the path-breaking innovations that he has backed. During an interview with CNBC, Tesla’s owner’s biographer, Walter Isaacson, talked about what is not one of the motivations that drives Musk to innovate.
During the interview, Walter said, “There are a lot of weird things and demons and drives that motivate him, but money isn’t number one.” He continued, “I think that if he wanted to make money, he wouldn’t have bought Twitter. He wouldn’t have sent rockets to Mars, and he probably wouldn’t do electric vehicles.”
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The Billionaire Lacks Empathy And Emotions
Walter Isaacson previously talked about the trait that makes Elon Musk successful on Twitter. He claims that his demon mode, which he switches on to fire his employees, has kept him afloat in the strong competition.
"@elonmusk is impulsive. He will tweet anything that is in his head," says Musk biographer @WalterIsaacson. "His management of @Twitter has been because he really loves it and he loves putting out impulsive tweets. He loves the contentiousness of it." pic.twitter.com/YI3yQZmpdL
— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) July 17, 2023
During the CNBC interview, Walter pointed out how he trod his path through the dark threads and struck a balance between the good and bad. He said, “The question when you write a biography, though, is how do you take the dark threads and realize that you can’t just pull them out? That he wouldn’t be who he is without both demon mode and his drive.”
The biographer is more impressed with the ex-CEO of Twitter as an engineer than a human being. In the snippet of the interview, Walter remarked, saying, “I’m more impressed with him as an engineer. I think that he does not have a fingertip feel for, you know, empathy or emotions.”
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