Elon Musk Part 1: Is He the Greatest Winner of Capitalism Ever? Does It Matter If He's Not Nice? What Should We Make of His Risk Tolerance, First Principles Thinking, Tormented Childhood?

The Best Paragraph I've Read: "His heritage and breeding, along with the hardwiring of his brain, made him at times, Callous and impulsive. It also led to an exceedingly high tolerance for risk. He could calculate it coldly and also embrace it feverishly. "Elon wants risk for its own sake," says Peter Thiel, who became his partner in the early days of PayPal. "He seems to enjoy it, indeed it times be addicted to it." He became one of those people who feels most of alive when a hurricane is coming. "I was born for a storm, and calm does not suit me," Andrew Jackson one said. Likewise, with Musk. He developed a siege mentality that included an attraction, sometimes a craving, for storm and drama, both at work and in the romantic relationships he struggled and failed to maintain. He thrived on crises, deadlines and wild surges of work. When he faced tortuous challengesc, the strain would often keep him awake at night and make him vomit. But it also energized him. "He is a drama magnet," says Kimbal. "That's his compulsion, the theme of his life." This paragraph comes from the new Elon Musk biography. The author is Walter Issacson. You can purchase the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1982181281 Zac and Don share their thoughts on the first half of the biography. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bestparagraph/message