Special Preview: Walter Isaacson on Elon Musk

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Education, Science

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🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Last week, Rufus sat down with legendary biographer Walter Isaacson to discuss his new book, "Elon Musk." We'll have that conversation for you on Thursday. Until then, here's a sneak peek.

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0:00.0	LinkedIn presents.
0:01.0	Hey folks, last week I had the great pleasure of interviewing the legendary Walter Isaacson
0:14.8	about his highly anticipated new biography, the book of the moment right now, Elon Musk,
0:20.6	no subtitle needed, which is being released today.
0:24.0	I don't know about you, but my friends and I have been having spirited debates for months
0:28.9	now about Elon Musk, love him or hate him, he is impossible to ignore.
0:35.2	Walter and I had a wide ranging conversation about Musk's origin story, his extraordinary
0:40.2	achievements, and his many shortcomings.
0:42.6	We'll have the full conversation available for you right here on Thursday.
0:47.0	But it was just so juicy, we wanted to share a quick preview with you today.
0:51.1	Check back here on Thursday for the rest.
0:54.1	If you can't wait that long, the whole conversation is available right now in the next big idea
0:59.6	app.
1:00.6	Just go to the app store and search for it next big idea.
1:04.2	We'd love to have you join our community.
1:07.1	Where you can read highlights from my conversation with Walter by following me, Rufus Griskem,
1:12.0	on LinkedIn.
1:13.6	Here is a short excerpt from my conversation with Walter Isaacson about Elon Musk.
1:22.1	In the last few paragraphs of the book, there's this wonderful moment of Musk acknowledging
1:29.9	that he jokes, I've shot myself on the foot so often I ought to buy some Kevlar boots.
1:36.0	He ruminated that Twitter should have an impulse control delay button, which is not a bad
1:41.3	idea.
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