BOOK REVIEW: ELON MUSK by WALTER ISAACSON

The book titled “Elon Musk” is by Walter Isaacson. It is an authorised biography commissioned by Musk himself. Elon Musk as we all know is the Father of Tesla, Exa Dark & Techno Mechanicus. The book is about Musk the Businessman evolving out of Musk the man.
Elon Musk is a fabulous innovator, risk-taker, hype artist and flamethrower: Therefore Walter Isaacson's authorised biography - titled, "Elon Musk" is no surprise. It highlights Musk's outsized gifts, his fearlessness, and his dysfunctions during his childhood. It's Musk the man that explains Musk the businessman. The book gets going when it dissects the man 360 degrees. Not surprisingly it is a very candid account of his life.
Risk-taking is in Elon’s blood. His grandparents were pilots and adventurers who dragged their young family through the Kalahari Desert to find a fabled lost city. His father was abusive and violent so his mother walked out of the marriage.
As a child in South Africa in the 1980s, Musk was mostly lonely and misunderstood. He often went into a stupor when he attempted to concentrate on something. His father largely shaped him. His exposure to engineering and building, his dark side and lack of empathy, and his mental siege all stem from that pain. He remains emotionally hostage to that experience even now says the book. Apart from a few close ones, he alienates employees and colleagues. He is indifferent to expectations and scorns camaraderie. ... Enjoy the video