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A review by anth1016
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
4.0
I never envisioned my being interested enough to read a biography on this man, but since he’s become the shadow president, I thought it wise to know the enemy. And enemy he is. I admire Issacson as a biographer, but his subject I find just reinforced my preconceived notion that he may be the most horrible man living. He doesn’t get a pass because he has Asberger’s. I’ve known and taught several on the spectrum and their default isn’t being a loathsome human. I grow weary of the defense of “ Well, he had a monster of a father and was bullied.” Again, a defense is ludicrous. I can totally get his Sheldon Cooperesque personality, but Sheldon is endearing. I find nothing about Musk this way.
Is he visionary? I guess, but instead of using his vision in a completely selfless way, I don’t buy he’s doing it for the sake of humanity. I don’t know if he can sustain this argument. And as one who lives with bipolar illness, I reject his behavior as associated with this illness. As I explain to friends and acquaintances if I experience mood swings, it’s basically because I’m being an asshole, not because I have an illness. I’m no more an expert on mental health disorders, but if I was diagnosing, I’d say Borderline Personality Disorder.
Sure, we’re living in a Gilded Age, and unlike those that lived at the end of the 19th Century, I find nothing redeeming about any of this cast of characters. There is no Carnegie, donate his wealth to the creation of libraries for all. There is no John D. Rockefeller donating to his Baptist church and the foundation of the University of Chicago, and I see none of these Bozos ( Bezos) sacrificing his life on a sinking ship. He’s a spoiled brat and my fear is that one of his impulsive acts could affect my life and others like me that have no way of fighting against his strength.
A caveat: a man so consumed with “ green living “ has sired to date 14 children in an already overpopulated world with shrinking resources? I cry bullshit.
Is he visionary? I guess, but instead of using his vision in a completely selfless way, I don’t buy he’s doing it for the sake of humanity. I don’t know if he can sustain this argument. And as one who lives with bipolar illness, I reject his behavior as associated with this illness. As I explain to friends and acquaintances if I experience mood swings, it’s basically because I’m being an asshole, not because I have an illness. I’m no more an expert on mental health disorders, but if I was diagnosing, I’d say Borderline Personality Disorder.
Sure, we’re living in a Gilded Age, and unlike those that lived at the end of the 19th Century, I find nothing redeeming about any of this cast of characters. There is no Carnegie, donate his wealth to the creation of libraries for all. There is no John D. Rockefeller donating to his Baptist church and the foundation of the University of Chicago, and I see none of these Bozos ( Bezos) sacrificing his life on a sinking ship. He’s a spoiled brat and my fear is that one of his impulsive acts could affect my life and others like me that have no way of fighting against his strength.
A caveat: a man so consumed with “ green living “ has sired to date 14 children in an already overpopulated world with shrinking resources? I cry bullshit.