Elon Musk
Elon Musk is a visionary engineer and technology entrepreneur known for founding SpaceX, co-founding Tesla, Inc., and leading groundbreaking ventures in space exploration, electric vehicles, and renewable energy.
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Human Compatible
Worth reading. - Elon Musk
Stuart Russell
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Daemon
A great read. - Elon Musk
Daniel Suarez
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Structures
Really, really good if you want a primer on structural design. - Elon Musk
J. E. Gordon
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Ignition!
One of Elon Musk's favorite books about space.
John Drury Clark
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The Art Of War
I've read [this book] many times. - Elon Musk
Sun Tzu
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What's Our Problem?
Worth reading. - Elon Musk
Tim Urban
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The Fault in Our Stars
Must admit to liking [this book]. Sad, romantic and beautifully named. - Elon Musk
John Green
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The Life of Greece
Rereading [this book]. - Elon Musk
Will & Ariel Durant
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Merchants of Doubt
Worth reading [this book]. Same who tried to deny smoking deaths are denying climate change. - Elon Musk
Naomi Oreskes
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If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... Where is Everybody?
Great book. Read it when it came out. - Elon Musk
Stephen Webb
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Howard Hughes
A cautionary tale. - Elon Musk
Donald L. Barlett
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Not Much of an Engineer
Elon Musk recommended this book on Twitter.
Sir Stanley Hooker
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Superintelligence
Worth reading [this book]. We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes. - Elon Musk
Nick Bostrom
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The Capitalist Manifesto
An excellent explanation of why capitalism is not just successful, but morally right, especially chapter 4. - Elon Musk
Johan Norberg
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Das Kapital
Read [this book] when I was 14. - Elon Musk
Karl Marx
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Screw Business As Usual
This approach should be taken to heart by all, as it really is the smart move. - Elon Musk
Richard Branson
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Life 3.0
A compelling guide to the challenges and choices in our quest for a great future of life, intelligence and consciousness—on Earth and beyond. - Elon Musk
Max Tegmark
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Catherine the Great
I know what you're probably thinking ... did she really f* a horse? - Elon Musk
Robert K. Massie
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Waiting for Godot
Have recently come to appreciate the awesome, absurdist humor of [this book]. - Elon Musk
Samuel Beckett
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Atlas Shrugged
A counterpoint to communism and useful as such, but should be tempered with kindness. - Elon Musk
Ayn Rand
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The Age of Napoleon
An amazing book. - Elon Musk
Will & Ariel Durant
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Steve Jobs
Quite interesting. - Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson
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The Iliad
Best story ever. - Elon Musk
Homer
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Twelve Against the Gods
It's really quite good. - Elon Musk
William Bolitho
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Deep Learning
Written by three experts in the field, [this book] is the only comprehensive book on the subject. - Elon Musk
Ian Goodfellow
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The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World
Insightful analysis, ensconced in eloquent prose. - Elon Musk
Edward Shepherd Creasy
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The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith FTW obv. - Elon Musk
Adam Smith
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Stalin
One of the few books so dark I had to stop reading. - Elon Musk
Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Our Final Invention
Worth reading. - Elon Musk
James Barrat
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The Selfish Gene
Most people don't realize that the origin of the word 'meme' is [this book]. - Elon Musk
Richard Dawkins
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The Big Picture
Highly recommend. - Elon Musk
Sean Carroll
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On War
There should be a chapter saying 'if you have a decisive technology advantage, you can actually win with minimal casualties.' - Elon Musk
Carl von Clausewitz
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Liftoff
Book is accurate. - Elon Musk
Eric Berger
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Storm of Steel
Intense. Great book. - Elon Musk
Ernst Jünger
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Lying
Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie! - Elon Musk
Sam Harris
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Acts of Love
All characters – even those based on real people – are entirely fictional... - Elon Musk
Talulah Riley
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
[The author]'s famous book. - Elon Musk
Edward Gibbon
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A Woman Makes a Plan
My Mom wrote a book ❤️. - Elon Musk
Maye Musk
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What We Owe the Future
Worth reading. This is a close match for my philosophy. - Elon Musk
William MacAskill
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Modern Engineering for Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines
One of Elon Musk's favorite books about space.
Dieter K Huzel
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Starhammer
A bit more obscure. - Elon Musk
Christopher B. Rowley
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Destined for War
Worth reading. - Elon Musk
Graham Allison
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The Stainless Steel Rat
A bit more obscure. - Elon Musk
Harry Harrison
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Read through [this book]. I'd recommend that. - Elon Musk
Britannica Editors
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The Machine Stops
Worth reading. - Elon Musk
E. M. Forster
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American Caesar
Elon Musk recommended this book on Twitter.
William Manchester
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
A book of philosophy disguised as a silly humor book. - Elon Musk
Douglas Adams
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The Wages of Destruction
Elon Musk recommended this book on Twitter.
Adam Tooze
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
One of Elon Musk's favorite books about space.
Robert A. Heinlein
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Masters of Doom
A great book. - Elon Musk
David Kushner
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Explore/Create
A chronicle of wonder, and the many wondrous things the future may hold. - Elon Musk
Richard Garriott
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Zero to One
[This author] has built multiple breakthrough companies, and [this book] shows how. - Elon Musk
Peter Thiel
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Benjamin Franklin
A great biography. [...] Highly recommended. - Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson
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Stranger in a Strange Land
I like [this book], although it kind of goes off the rails at the end. - Elon Musk
Robert A. Heinlein
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