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I found the interview with Isaacson a bit disappointing. Musk doesn't agree with the mainstream media on COVID (we now know he and others were right) and Twitter's censorship of legitimate, well-thought out and correct perspectives on a host of issues, and suddenly he's become "controversial"? Maybe even "Alt-Right"? By the way, is there ever an "Alt-Left"? That conversation tells us more about Bari's circle than Musk.

And there seemed to be an attempt at "gotcha" - Musk, gasp, has dark moments, maybe childhood issues.... he even yells at people! It's clear Bari hasn't been around entrepreneurial environments much, yet such environments are what lead to most of society's great innovations, not complacent bureaucracies that focus on DEI and work-life balance.

Musk is a genius. He is in a whole other league. I would have liked to know more about his entrepreneurial mind-set, how he realizes such amazing visions, how he prioritizes, how he sees others. If you were interviewing Leonardo da Vinci, would you ask about his political views or someone he mistreated?

My parting thought: I'm glad Musk is here in the U.S. and not in China. Come to think of it, there's no other place where he could excel to the benefit of so many. Xi would've sidelined him long ago.

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