
Elon Musk
from If Books Could Kill
by Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
Published: Tue Dec 09 2025
Show Notes
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
- ElonMusk’s Anti-Semitic, Apartheid-Loving Grandfather
- Elon Musk claims he was once one of the best Quake players around
- WatchElon Musk Talk About Being an ‘Illegal Immigrant’ in Video From 2013
- ElonMusk’s dad Errol says he can ‘prove’ existence of emerald mine in new bombshell claim revealing its location
- HowElon Musk Went from Superhero to Supervillain
- The Believer
- ElonMusk: The Architect of Tomorrow
- How Elon Musk Plans on Reinventing the World (and Mars)
- Teslafactory workers reveal pain, injury and stress: 'Everything feels like the future but us' | Tesla
- Hundredsof Tesla workers tested positive for the virus after Elon Musk reopened a plant, data shows
- InsideTesla as Elon Musk Pushed an Unflinching Vision for Self-Driving Cars
- Teslavideo promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies
- ElonMusk Says His 'Running Robot' Will 'Actually Eliminate Poverty' As He Shares Video Of Tesla Optimus Jogging
- Elon Musk Wants ‘Strong Influence’ Over the ‘Robot Army’ He’s Building
- There’s a Very Simple Pattern to Elon Musk’s Broken Promises
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