The Economist | Who is Elon Musk and what drives him? @TheEconomist | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
As a new Elon Musk biography raises troubling questions about his role in the Ukraine war, our film asks what drives this ceaseless entrepreneur.
00:00 - Who is Elon Musk?
00:58 - How did we get here?
01:54 - What are his successes?
04:56 - What are his failures?
07:21 - What does the future look like?
Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI
Walter Isaacson’s book charts the wayward path of Elon Musk: https://econ.st/3rawNsR
The Musk-Zuckerberg social-media smackdown: https://econ.st/44UYhB1
Elon Musk, Twitter and an epic case of buyer’s remorse: https://econ.st/44P0Lkm
Elon Musk is taking Twitter’s “public square” private: https://econ.st/3OqLLnd
Elon Musk’s challenge to management thinking: https://econ.st/3Y7UXAs
How SpaceX set off a new race to commercialise space: https://econ.st/3DpnAzx
Despite an explosion, Elon Musk is closer to his new space age: https://econ.st/46YLzmt
Can Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites bankroll a base on Mars?: https://econ.st/3O7tjP5
Elon Musk’s foray into geopolitics has Ukraine worried: https://econ.st/44Dy0Ya
The cult of an Elon Musk or a Jack Ma has its perks—but also perils: https://econ.st/3pYk0t1
1843: The Musk superfans who want to live on Mars with Elon: https://econ.st/3Y1A6yF
Listen: Meta’s Threads app has better odds of usurping Twitter than previous clones had: https://econ.st/43CdKVC
Listen: How Elon Musk’s Starlink has changed warfare: https://econ.st/3Qdb4KS
Listen: “No one has ever had a very good time being the boss of it”—Musk and Twitter: https://econ.st/3pSjxIU
As a new Elon Musk biography raises troubling questions about his role in the Ukraine war, our film asks what drives this ceaseless entrepreneur.
00:00 - Who is Elon Musk?
00:58 - How did we get here?
01:54 - What are his successes?
04:56 - What are his failures?
07:21 - What does the future look like?
Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI
Walter Isaacson’s book charts the wayward path of Elon Musk: https://econ.st/3rawNsR
The Musk-Zuckerberg social-media smackdown: https://econ.st/44UYhB1
Elon Musk, Twitter and an epic case of buyer’s remorse: https://econ.st/44P0Lkm
Elon Musk is taking Twitter’s “public square” private: https://econ.st/3OqLLnd
Elon Musk’s challenge to management thinking: https://econ.st/3Y7UXAs
How SpaceX set off a new race to commercialise space: https://econ.st/3DpnAzx
Despite an explosion, Elon Musk is closer to his new space age: https://econ.st/46YLzmt
Can Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites bankroll a base on Mars?: https://econ.st/3O7tjP5
Elon Musk’s foray into geopolitics has Ukraine worried: https://econ.st/44Dy0Ya
The cult of an Elon Musk or a Jack Ma has its perks—but also perils: https://econ.st/3pYk0t1
1843: The Musk superfans who want to live on Mars with Elon: https://econ.st/3Y1A6yF
Listen: Meta’s Threads app has better odds of usurping Twitter than previous clones had: https://econ.st/43CdKVC
Listen: How Elon Musk’s Starlink has changed warfare: https://econ.st/3Qdb4KS
Listen: “No one has ever had a very good time being the boss of it”—Musk and Twitter: https://econ.st/3pSjxIU