This is a book of Elon's ideas in his own words. I built this book entirely out of transcripts, tweets, and interviews over his entire life to date. The body of this book comes directly from him. On this, a few important points:
Transcripts have been edited for clarity, brevity, and flow multiple times.
Given potential for fakes, edits, and misquotes, I can’t be certain of every source’s authenticity.
Please verify phrasing with a primary source before citing Elon from this book.
Please interpret generously.
Everything in this book is taken out of context. To create this book, I recontextualized ideas in an attempt to make them more accessible, useful, and memorable.
As ideas passed through time, space, and medium, phrasing may have shifted in flight. Every effort was made to keep the original intent, but errors are possible. His original intent may be different from your interpretation in a different time, format, and context.
All brilliance in this book is Elon’s; any mistakes are mine.
HIGHLIGHTS
Highlights are used to summarize or punctuate an idea. You could flip through the book reading just these and find valuable ideas. Highlights are easy to spot because they look like this:
I am a highlight.
BOLDED QUESTIONS
Many excerpts are from interviews; some are written to provide proper context. The questions help create the feeling of an intimate dialogue between you and Elon.
SKIP AROUND
Jump to anything that interests you and skip anything that doesn’t. This is a choose-your-own-adventure book, though some ideas build on previous examples.