In "Musk," Alex Gibney Punctures Elon's Self-Mythology

samizdis 66 points 29 comments October 09, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (7 comments)

sfjailbird

I thought Isaacson's biography was good and balanced.

jumpinjack710

This is really off-base with how it describes Musk assuming control of Tesla. Musk would have preferred the original CEOs worked out better but sadly they didn't, Tesla was on a bankruptcy trajectory when he took over and now they're the most profitable and highest volume EV maker of all time.

small_model

Hit piece, if you analysed anyones life, decision etc you could pick them apart. He's a human like the rest of us with same faults just magnified due to his fame and wealth.

netsharc

https://archive.is/VXu3I

tschellenbach

how did we go from growing up with star trek, sci-fi, apollo program to this boring constant negativity. ugh.

BoggleOhYeah

I thought it was calling that diver a pedo for telling him that his submarine idea was stupid. Or the implicating Trump in the Epstein files and the going back to groveling at his feet Or the hiring someone to play video games for him. No, his personality cult does not care because they admire him for being able to be a malignancy while suffering no consequences.

qarl

If it's not true I'm sure Musk will file a lawsuit against him. Right?

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