Elon Musk

A biography that dares to ask: Is a lifetime of worker abuse and narcissism worth it to experience robot butlers?
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Sources:
• What Elon Musk Gets Wrong about South Africa (thedial.world/articles/news/issue-10/elon-musk…)
• Elon Musk’s Anti-Semitic, Apartheid-Loving Grandfather (theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/jos…)
• Elon Musk claims he was once one of the best Quake players around (pcgamer.com/elon-musk-claims-he-was-once-one-o…)
• Watch Elon Musk Talk About Being an ‘Illegal Immigrant’ in Video From 2013 (gizmodo.com/watch-elon-musk-talk-about-being-i…)
• Elon Musk’s dad Errol says he can ‘prove’ existence of emerald mine in new bombshell claim revealing its location (the-sun.com/news/7911051/elon-musks-dad-errol-…)
• How Elon Musk Went from Superhero to Supervillain (newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/18/elon-musk-wa…)
• The Believer (gq.com/story/elon-musk-paypal-solar-power-elec…)
• Elon Musk: The Architect of Tomorrow (rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon…)
• How Elon Musk Plans on Reinventing the World (and Mars) (gq.com/story/elon-musk-mars-spacex-tesla-inter…)
• Tesla factory workers reveal pain, injury and stress: 'Everything feels like the future but us' | Tesla (theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/18/tesla-w…)
• Hundreds of Tesla workers tested positive for the virus after Elon Musk reopened a plant, data shows (nytimes.com/2021/03/15/business/tesla-workers-…)
• Inside Tesla as Elon Musk Pushed an Unflinching Vision for Self-Driving Cars (nytimes.com/2021/12/06/technology/tesla-autopi…)
• Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies (reuters.com/technology/tesla-video-promoting-s…)
• Elon Musk Says His 'Running Robot' Will 'Actually Eliminate Poverty' As He Shares Video Of Tesla Optimus Jogging (finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-says-running-…)
• Elon Musk Wants ‘Strong Influence’ Over the ‘Robot Army’ He’s Building (wired.com/story/elon-musk-wants-strong-influen…)
• There’s a Very Simple Pattern to Elon Musk’s Broken Promises (wired.com/story/theres-a-very-simple-pattern-t…)
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