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Walter Isaacson on his new book, ‘Elon Musk’

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CNN

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Elon Musk needs no introduction. The world’s richest person, he's a divisive figure, a villain to some, a genius to others. Like many powerful billionaires, he also finds himself willing and able to affect policy, even amid a war. Our colleague Walter Isaacson spent two years shadowing Musk. The result is a 670-page biography that’s certainly making waves, as Walter and Christiane discussed when they sat down in New York.  Also on today’s show: #MeToo Founder Tarana Burke & Mariam Mangera, Project Coordinator of the National Shelter Movement of South Africa; New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Amunfor here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

And so I thought okay he's pushing things forward but I also got to see that that can be kind of dark at times.

0:15.4

Biographer Walter Isaacson on the controversial Elon Musk, our conversation about his

0:21.6

spiraling influence as a billionaire entrepreneur.

0:25.0

Then, one and every three women around the world experience physical or sexual violence during her lifetime.

0:31.0

The never ending scourge of gender-based violence and ways to

0:34.4

tackle it. Plus, bottom line is Joe Biden is already the oldest president

0:39.0

ever to be an American president. Of course, second all this was Donald Trump.

0:44.0

The New Yorker Susan Glasser on what she calls the dangerous reign of the Octogenarians,

0:49.2

but does age really affect the ability to lead. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wancour in New York.

1:11.2

Elon Musk needs no introduction.

1:14.3

The world's richest person, he's a divisive figure, a villain to some and a genius to others.

1:20.2

He's at the forefront of the electric car movement, space, travel, social media and now artificial

1:26.3

intelligence.

1:27.3

Along with other tech heavyweights, the Tesla Boss joined a meeting with congressional

1:32.1

leaders in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the risks

1:36.0

and the opportunities of AI.

1:38.4

Here's Musk leaving the meeting.

1:40.5

I think something good will come with this I think this meeting may go on history as

1:45.2

being very important for the future of civilization the reason that I've been such

1:48.5

an advocate for AI safety in advance of sort of anything terrible happening is that I think the

1:54.2

consequences of AI going wrong are severe so we have to be proactive rather than

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