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Elon Musk - Walter Isaacson
作者：Walter Isaacson
同步时间：2026-06-15 23:15
划线笔记
Chapter 10: Zip2: Palo Alto, 1995–1999
astonished [2026-05-26 18:22]
interim [2026-05-26 18:21]
insight [2026-05-26 18:21]
diminished [2026-05-26 18:21]
With the help of Kimbal and some of the engineers, Elon led a rebellion that scuttled the merger. [2026-05-26 18:19]
uneasy [2026-05-26 18:19]
merge [2026-05-26 18:18]
wrestled [2026-05-26 14:52]
counterproductive [2026-05-26 14:49]
intimidated [2026-05-26 14:49]
camaraderie [2026-05-26 14:48]
endearment [2026-05-26 14:48]
intense [2026-05-26 14:44]
indulgence [2026-05-26 14:44]
he learned a lesson. “I never wanted to be a CEO,” he says, “but I learned that you could not truly be the chief technology or product officer unless you were the CEO.” [2026-05-26 11:19]
deck [2026-05-25 23:52]
pitch [2026-05-25 23:52]
proposals [2026-05-25 23:51]
venture [2026-05-25 23:50]
teriyaki bowl. [2026-05-25 23:44]
seared into [2026-05-25 23:43]
coil [2026-05-25 23:42]
futons. [2026-05-25 23:42]
potential. [2026-05-25 23:41]
innovations [2026-05-25 23:41]
Chapter 11: Justine: Palo Alto, the 1990s
They smiled and kissed. Then, as they danced, he whispered to her a reminder: “I am the alpha in this relationship.” [2026-05-26 19:18]
whisk [2026-05-26 19:16]
At one point Musk stalked out and told his mother that the wedding was off. She was relieved. “Now you won’t be miserable,” she told him. But then he changed his mind and returned to Justine. [2026-05-26 19:15]
notary [2026-05-26 18:48]
turmoil [2026-05-26 18:46]
intervention [2026-05-26 18:46]
faze [2026-05-26 18:44]
amorous [2026-05-26 18:44]
Both of them were energized by drama, and they thrived by fighting. [2026-05-26 18:43]
When Musk asked his mother what she thought of Justine, she was typically blunt: “She has no redeeming feature.” [2026-05-26 18:42]
insecure [2026-05-26 18:40]
grumpy [2026-05-26 18:39]
dachshund [2026-05-26 18:38]
jettisoned [2026-05-26 18:37]
indomitable [2026-05-26 18:36]
sultry [2026-05-26 18:34]
sophomore [2026-05-26 18:34]
radiant [2026-05-26 18:33]
bookworm [2026-05-26 18:33]
willowy [2026-05-26 18:30]
Chapter 12: X.com: Palo Alto, 1999–2000
underneath [2026-05-26 23:24]
exaggerations. [2026-05-26 23:23]
Mortal Kombat. [2026-05-26 23:23]
mitigate [2026-05-26 23:21]
intense [2026-05-26 23:20]
celebrity. [2026-05-26 19:39]
prevailed [2026-05-26 19:34]
skeptical [2026-05-26 19:27]
devise [2026-05-26 19:27]
transactions [2026-05-26 19:26]
purchases [2026-05-26 19:26]
Chapter 1: Adventurers
toddlers [2026-05-21 18:17]
enlisted [2026-05-21 18:17]
schemes [2026-05-21 18:17]
ferry [2026-05-21 18:17]
technocrats [2026-05-21 18:17]
constant [2026-05-21 18:17]
rambling [2026-05-21 18:17]
lodging. [2026-05-21 18:17]
When he asked her to dinner, she replied, “I don’t date my clients.” So he quit the class and asked her out again. A few months later, he asked, “When will you marry me?” She responded, “Tomorrow.” [2026-05-21 18:17]
impetuous [2026-05-21 18:17]
criticizes [2026-05-21 18:17]
cryptographer [2026-05-21 18:17]
hobo [2026-05-21 18:17]
stowaway [2026-05-21 18:17]
discourse. [2026-05-21 18:17]
daredevil [2026-05-21 18:17]
streak [2026-05-21 18:17]
barren [2026-05-21 18:17]
sculpted [2026-05-21 18:17]
trait. [2026-05-21 18:17]
freight [2026-05-21 18:17]
depression [2026-05-21 18:17]
wheeler-dealer [2026-05-21 18:17]
fighter-bombers [2026-05-21 18:17]
motto: [2026-05-21 18:17]
refugee [2026-05-21 18:17]
The Flying Haldemans [2026-05-21 18:17]
maternal [2026-05-21 18:17]
populism [2026-05-21 18:17]
nauseated [2026-05-21 18:16]
chiropractic [2026-05-21 18:16]
apartheid [2026-05-21 18:16]
outlawed [2026-05-21 18:16]
caddish [2026-05-21 18:16]
trek [2026-05-21 18:16]
charlatan [2026-05-21 18:16]
proposed [2026-05-21 18:16]
rodeo [2026-05-21 18:16]
regime. [2026-05-21 18:16]
freighter [2026-05-21 18:16]
Chapter 20: Founders: Tesla, 2003–2004
But what should that brand be? One night, while on a dinner-date at Disneyland, [2026-06-02 22:38]
But what should that brand be? One night, while on a dinner-date at Disneylan [2026-06-02 22:23]
cherubic [2026-05-29 22:54]
Chapter 21: The Roadster: Tesla, 2004–2006
curve [2026-06-02 23:02]
Chapter 22: Kwaj: SpaceX, 2005–2006
barracks [2026-06-03 13:03]
Every now and then you shoot yourself in the foot. If you had to pick a path that reduced the probability of success, it would be to launch from an inaccessible tropical island.” [2026-06-03 13:02]
hustle [2026-06-03 13:00]
bureaucrats [2026-06-03 08:05]
Chapter 2: A Mind of His Own: Pretoria, the 1970s
drawn [2026-05-22 09:34]
intensity [2026-05-22 09:34]
bliss [2026-05-22 09:34]
trait [2026-05-22 09:34]
initiate [2026-05-22 09:34]
firecrackers [2026-05-22 09:34]
stock [2026-05-21 23:56]
trial [2026-05-21 18:52]
subpoenas [2026-05-21 18:52]
custody [2026-05-21 18:52]
crawl [2026-05-21 18:49]
cuddly [2026-05-21 18:48]
self-reliant. [2026-05-21 18:48]
poverty-stricken [2026-05-21 18:47]
dietician. [2026-05-21 18:46]
“I had a very pretty wife, but there were always prettier, younger girls,” he said. “I really loved Maye, but I screwed up.” They divorced when Elon was eight. [2026-05-21 18:46]
I’ve never laid a hand on a woman in my life, and certainly none of my wives,” he says. “That’s one of women’s weapons is to cry that the man abused her, to cry and to lie. And a man’s weapons are to buy and to sign.” [2026-05-21 18:44]
adored [2026-05-21 18:43]
accusations [2026-05-21 18:42]
restrain [2026-05-21 18:42]
lunged [2026-05-21 18:42]
furious [2026-05-21 18:41]
Oktoberfest [2026-05-21 18:41]
vacant [2026-05-21 18:17]
retarded. [2026-05-21 18:17]
poked [2026-05-21 18:17]
I’m using my brain to compute, not for incoming information [2026-05-21 18:17]
nanny [2026-05-21 18:17]
intact. [2026-05-21 18:17]
amid [2026-05-21 18:17]
determined [2026-05-21 18:17]
precise [2026-05-21 18:17]
Asperger [2026-05-21 18:17]
receptors [2026-05-21 18:17]
spacey [2026-05-21 18:17]
He wanted to have friends, but he just didn’t know how.” [2026-05-21 18:17]
maiden [2026-05-21 18:17]
trance [2026-05-21 18:17]
awe. [2026-05-21 18:17]
seared [2026-05-21 18:17]
“I took people literally when they said something,” he says, “and it was only by reading books that I began to learn that people did not always say what they really meant.” [2026-05-21 18:17]
traits [2026-05-21 18:17]
diagnosed [2026-05-21 18:17]
forklifts [2026-05-21 18:17]
unaware [2026-05-21 18:17]
amiss. [2026-05-21 18:17]
spotlight [2026-05-21 18:17]
extraordinary [2026-05-21 18:17]
sensory [2026-05-21 18:17]
preference [2026-05-21 18:17]
prevailed. [2026-05-21 18:17]
He looks out of the window all the time, and when I tell him to pay attention he says, ‘The leaves are turning brown now.’ ” Errol replied that Elon was right, the leaves were turning brown. [2026-05-21 18:17]
impasse [2026-05-21 18:17]
squirmed [2026-05-21 18:17]
restrained. [2026-05-21 18:17]
nursery [2026-05-21 18:17]
limbic [2026-05-21 18:17]
traumas. [2026-05-21 18:17]
fierce [2026-05-21 18:17]
determination [2026-05-21 18:17]
prescient. [2026-05-21 18:17]
Compounding [2026-05-21 18:17]
freaked [2026-05-21 18:17]
squealed [2026-05-21 18:17]
summon [2026-05-21 18:17]
explosives. [2026-05-21 18:17]
principal [2026-05-21 18:17]
acutely [2026-05-21 18:17]
frightening [2026-05-21 18:16]
wandering [2026-05-21 18:16]
conceived. [2026-05-21 18:16]
adenoids [2026-05-21 18:16]
dissuade [2026-05-21 18:16]
coddle [2026-05-21 18:16]
roam [2026-05-21 18:16]
colony [2026-05-21 18:16]
Chapter 3: Life with Father: Pretoria, the 1980s
vacuum. [2026-05-22 01:08]
particles [2026-05-22 01:07]
ion thruster [2026-05-22 01:07]
inventions [2026-05-22 01:06]
orbit. [2026-05-22 01:06]
immerse [2026-05-22 01:04]
stretch. [2026-05-22 01:04]
scheme. [2026-05-22 01:03]
Easter [2026-05-22 01:02]
pursued [2026-05-22 01:02]
hypnotize [2026-05-22 01:01]
tricks [2026-05-22 01:01]
chlorine [2026-05-22 01:01]
compositions [2026-05-22 00:58]
grasp [2026-05-22 00:57]
crunched [2026-05-22 00:57]
vicious. [2026-05-22 00:56]
oblivious [2026-05-22 00:56]
hitched [2026-05-22 00:37]
“It’s a big theme for him to never have his decisions guided by fear,” [2026-05-22 00:35]
reputation [2026-05-22 00:33]
rampaging [2026-05-22 00:32]
stabbed [2026-05-22 00:32]
immense [2026-05-22 00:31]
rivals [2026-05-22 00:31]
mischief. [2026-05-22 00:30]
conspire [2026-05-22 00:30]
bucks. [2026-05-22 00:30]
bevy [2026-05-22 00:30]
confederacy [2026-05-22 00:25]
indomitable [2026-05-22 00:25]
wondrous [2026-05-22 00:24]
Samurai [2026-05-22 00:23]
grungy [2026-05-22 00:23]
hucksterism [2026-05-22 00:23]
legitimate [2026-05-22 00:22]
As is often the case, Errol spins a different tale, insisting that they went both to Disney World, where Elon liked the haunted house ride, and to Six Flags over Georgia. [2026-05-22 00:20]
frugality: [2026-05-22 00:19]
flamboyance [2026-05-22 00:19]
scope [2026-05-22 00:15]
pooped [2026-05-22 00:15]
pavilions [2026-05-22 00:15]
insulator. [2026-05-22 00:13]
thermal [2026-05-22 00:13]
mica [2026-05-22 00:13]
floors [2026-05-22 00:13]
properties [2026-05-22 00:13]
encyclopedias [2026-05-22 00:06]
flush. [2026-05-22 00:04]
vulnerable. [2026-05-22 00:04]
distracted [2026-05-22 00:03]
wiles [2026-05-22 00:02]
beaming [2026-05-22 00:01]
tortoise [2026-05-21 23:59]
Chapter 4: The Seeker: Pretoria, the 1980s
roulette [2026-05-22 10:07]
At age thirteen, he was able to create a video game, which he named Blastar, using 123 lines of BASIC and some simple assembly language to get the graphics to work. [2026-05-22 10:06]
seminar [2026-05-22 09:54]
balked. [2026-05-22 09:54]
conference [2026-05-22 09:54]
tore [2026-05-22 09:54]
invaders. [2026-05-22 09:51]
averse [2026-05-22 09:50]
bizarrely [2026-05-22 09:50]
hounded [2026-05-22 09:50]
prevailed. [2026-05-22 09:40]
prize. [2026-05-22 09:40]
deny [2026-05-22 09:40]
accused [2026-05-22 09:40]
tournament [2026-05-22 09:36]
obsession [2026-05-22 09:32]
bookworm [2026-05-22 09:15]
“There are no atheist pilots,” he would say, and Elon would add, “There are no atheists at exam time.” [2026-05-22 09:09]
Blastar [2026-05-22 01:31]
stuck [2026-05-22 01:29]
crannies [2026-05-22 01:28]
nooks [2026-05-22 01:28]
subtle [2026-05-22 01:27]
mien. [2026-05-22 01:27]
droll [2026-05-22 01:27]
dollop [2026-05-22 01:27]
impending [2026-05-22 01:25]
regions [2026-05-22 01:25]
formulate [2026-05-22 01:24]
rebellion [2026-05-22 01:22]
“I do not recommend reading Nietzsche as a teenager,” [2026-05-22 01:19]
existential [2026-05-22 01:18]
adolescents [2026-05-22 01:18]
angsty [2026-05-22 01:18]
“I began trying to figure out what the meaning of life and the universe was,” he says. “And I got real depressed about it, like maybe life may have no meaning.” [2026-05-22 01:17]
Physics could teach everything about the universe except why. [2026-05-22 01:16]
gnaw [2026-05-22 01:16]
intervene [2026-05-22 01:15]
deity [2026-05-22 01:15]
conjure [2026-05-22 01:14]
metaphor [2026-05-22 01:13]
weird [2026-05-22 01:13]
communion [2026-05-22 01:12]
loaves [2026-05-22 01:11]
Chapter 5: Escape Velocity: Leaving South Africa, 1989
fantasies [2026-05-22 14:39]
elaborate [2026-05-22 14:39]
despair [2026-05-22 14:36]
consulate [2026-05-22 11:20]
siblings. [2026-05-22 11:19]
prevail. [2026-05-22 11:18]
harsh [2026-05-22 11:17]
Every now and then, she dared to say something like “You’re turning into your father.” She explains, “It was our code phrase to warn him that he was going into the realm of darkness.” [2026-05-22 11:16]
shades [2026-05-22 11:16]
When talking about his father, Elon will sometimes let loose a laugh, a somewhat harsh and bitter one. It’s similar to the laugh that his father has [2026-05-22 11:14]
versus [2026-05-22 11:14]
narrative [2026-05-22 11:13]
tangled [2026-05-22 11:12]
weave [2026-05-22 11:10]
assertions [2026-05-22 11:09]
sweeping [2026-05-22 11:09]
literally [2026-05-22 11:09]
witchcraft. [2026-05-22 11:08]
roulette [2026-05-22 11:03]
wheel. [2026-05-22 11:02]
roulette [2026-05-22 11:02]
When Peter tells me this, he pauses for a moment and then, a bit hesitantly, notes that Elon sometimes has similar mood swings. “When Elon’s in a good mood, it’s like the coolest, funnest thing in the world. And when he’s in a bad mood, he goes really dark, and you’re just walking on eggshells.” [2026-05-22 11:01]
reluctant [2026-05-22 11:01]
lecturing [2026-05-22 10:59]
vicious [2026-05-22 10:58]
dime [2026-05-22 10:57]
unnerving. [2026-05-22 10:56]
Jekyll and Hyde [2026-05-22 10:55]
Velocity [2026-05-22 10:55]
Chapter 6: Canada: 1989
declare [2026-05-22 16:25]
purchase [2026-05-22 16:23]
intern [2026-05-22 15:22]
couch. [2026-05-22 15:22]
mill. [2026-05-22 15:17]
lumber [2026-05-22 15:17]
boilers [2026-05-22 15:17]
disruption. [2026-05-22 15:05]
hamlet [2026-05-22 14:54]
bars [2026-05-22 14:53]
marveling [2026-05-22 14:53]
perception. [2026-05-22 14:47]
Chapter 7: Queen’s: Kingston, Ontario, 1990–1991
Musk also drew another lesson from his time at Scotiabank: he did not like, nor was he good at, working for other people. It was not in his nature to be deferential or to assume that others might know more than he did. [2026-05-22 17:32]
audacity [2026-05-22 17:31]
disrespect [2026-05-22 17:30]
gruff [2026-05-22 17:27]
As he later admitted, it was not the world’s best come-on line. [2026-05-22 17:25]
U.S. Treasury secretary, [2026-05-22 17:24]
Nicholson, then forty-nine, and Elon had fun together solving math puzzles and weird equations. “I was interested in the philosophical side of physics and how it related to reality,” Nicholson says. “I didn’t have a lot of other people to talk to about these things.” They also discussed what had become Musk’s passion: space travel. [2026-05-22 17:22]
Nicholson, then forty-nine, and Elon had fun together solving math puzzles and weird equations. “I was interested in the philosophical side of physics and how it related to reality,” Nicholson says. “I didn’t have a lot of other people to talk to about these things.” They also discussed what had become Musk’s passion: space travel.When Elon went with Nicholson’s daughter, Christie, to a party one evening, his first question was “Do you ever think about electric cars?” As he later admitted, it was not the world’s best come-on line.One topic Musk researched for Nicholson was Latin American debt. Banks had made billions in loans to countries such as Brazil and Mexico that could not be repaid, and in 1989 the U.S. Treasury secretary, Nicholas Brady, packaged these debt obligations into tradable securities known as “Brady Bonds.” Because these bonds were backed by the U.S. govern [2026-05-22 17:22]
department [2026-05-22 17:17]
strategic [2026-05-22 17:15]
gregarious [2026-05-22 17:15]
mentors [2026-05-22 17:14]
charm [2026-05-22 17:14]
trainee [2026-05-22 17:13]
wired [2026-05-22 17:02]
strategy games, ones that involve two or more players competing to build an empire using high-level strategy, resource management, supply-chain logistics, and tactical thinking. [2026-05-22 16:48]
negotiations [2026-05-22 16:45]
flat [2026-05-22 16:41]
rational [2026-05-22 16:41]
monotone. [2026-05-22 16:41]
immersed [2026-05-22 16:38]
Socratic [2026-05-22 16:35]
collaboratively [2026-05-22 16:35]
honed. [2026-05-22 16:34]
alumni [2026-05-22 16:33]
Industrial Relations. [2026-05-22 16:33]
obscure [2026-05-22 16:32]
Chapter 8: Penn: Philadelphia, 1992–1994
detached. [2026-05-25 18:47]
marveled [2026-05-25 18:47]
sober [2026-05-25 18:47]
appalled. [2026-05-25 18:45]
tenets [2026-05-25 18:28]
Money was a problem [2026-05-23 14:43]
assembly. [2026-05-22 17:36]
gregarious [2026-05-22 17:36]
feel [2026-05-22 17:36]
joint [2026-05-22 17:35]
pursue [2026-05-22 17:35]
essence [2026-05-22 17:34]
Chapter 9: Go West: Silicon Valley, 1994–1995
deferral. [2026-05-25 19:15]
enrolled [2026-05-25 19:15]
hedged [2026-05-25 19:14]
and that August the browser startup Netscape went public, soaring within a day to a market value of $2.9 billion. [2026-05-25 19:12]
mantra. [2026-05-25 19:11]
conceived [2026-05-25 19:11]
needle [2026-05-25 19:10]
irrelevant. [2026-05-25 19:10]
enrolling [2026-05-25 19:10]
feasible [2026-05-25 19:10]
It was really able to haul ass,” he recalls. [2026-05-25 19:05]
transmission [2026-05-25 19:04]
components [2026-05-25 19:03]
Valvoline. [2026-05-25 19:02]
hoods [2026-05-25 19:01]
rummaging [2026-05-25 19:01]
incremental [2026-05-25 18:55]
Ultracapacitor [2026-05-25 18:55]
radically [2026-05-25 18:55]
indulge [2026-05-25 18:54]
lucrative [2026-05-25 18:51]
Ivy League schools [2026-05-25 18:50]
intern [2026-05-25 18:49]
Prologue: Muse of Fire
founder [2026-05-21 18:17]
Vancouver [2026-05-21 18:16]
mindset [2026-05-21 18:16]
hint [2026-05-21 12:41]
“I realized by then that if someone bullied me, I could punch them very hard in the nose, and then they wouldn’t bully me again. They might beat the shit out of me, but if I had punched them hard in the nose, they wouldn’t come after me again.” [2026-05-21 12:41]
dreaded [2026-05-21 12:41]
compulsion [2026-05-21 12:41]
despite [2026-05-21 12:41]
frame [2026-05-21 12:41]
log [2026-05-21 12:41]
hellish [2026-05-21 12:41]
thrashing [2026-05-21 12:41]
thug [2026-05-21 12:41]
tropes [2026-05-21 12:41]
conditioned [2026-05-21 12:41]
“If you have never been punched in the nose, you have no idea how it affects you the rest of your life,” he says. [2026-05-21 12:41]
crises [2026-05-21 12:41]
assembly [2026-05-21 12:41]
To what extent does the epic quest of the Star Wars hero require exorcising demons bequeathed by Darth Vader and wrestling with the dark side of the Force? [2026-05-21 12:41]
concedes [2026-05-21 12:41]
instilled [2026-05-21 12:41]
Likewise [2026-05-21 00:33]
feverishly. [2026-05-21 00:31]
worldview [2026-05-21 00:29]
entrepreneurs [2026-05-21 00:28]
conviction [2026-05-21 00:27]
horrendous [2026-05-21 00:22]
plunges [2026-05-21 00:17]
lodge [2026-05-20 19:48]
wilderness [2026-05-20 19:48]
occasional [2026-05-20 19:48]
arguably [2026-05-20 19:48]
inflicted [2026-05-20 19:48]
eager [2026-05-20 19:48]
pavement. [2026-05-20 19:48]
concrete [2026-05-20 19:48]
tirade [2026-05-20 19:48]
mentor [2026-05-20 19:48]
rations [2026-05-20 19:48]
snuck [2026-05-20 19:48]
wistful [2026-05-20 19:48]
stares [2026-05-20 19:48]
resolution. [2026-05-20 19:48]
swollen [2026-05-20 19:48]
sticky [2026-05-20 19:47]
choking [2026-05-20 19:47]
juvenile [2026-05-20 19:47]
counselors [2026-05-20 19:47]
anti-apartheid [2026-05-20 19:47]
concert [2026-05-20 19:47]
instinct [2026-05-20 19:47]
emeralds [2026-05-20 19:47]
vacantly [2026-05-20 19:47]
rogue [2026-05-20 19:47]
searing [2026-05-20 19:47]
pledge [2026-05-20 19:47]
flesh [2026-05-20 19:47]
gang [2026-05-20 19:47]
hostile [2026-05-20 19:47]
ingratiating. [2026-05-20 19:47]
concluded [2026-05-20 19:47]
tendency [2026-05-20 19:47]
charismatic [2026-05-20 19:47]
massive [2026-05-20 19:47]
Shepherd [2026-05-20 19:47]
ruefully [2026-05-20 19:47]
dumb [2026-05-20 19:47]
wade [2026-05-20 19:47]
tales [2026-05-20 19:47]
ultimate [2026-05-20 19:47]
surgery [2026-05-20 19:47]
stitch [2026-05-20 19:47]
actress [2026-05-20 19:47]
judo. [2026-05-20 19:47]
cues. [2026-05-20 19:47]
paramilitary [2026-05-20 19:47]
horrors [2026-05-20 19:47]
recess [2026-05-20 19:47]
sticking [2026-05-20 19:47]
berated [2026-05-20 19:47]
tissues [2026-05-20 19:47]
Jekyll-and-Hyde [2026-05-20 19:47]
soles [2026-05-20 19:47]
perpetrator [2026-05-20 19:47]
bedevils [2026-05-20 19:47]
Empathy [2026-05-20 19:47]
pummeled [2026-05-20 19:47]
scars [2026-05-20 19:47]
fervor [2026-05-20 12:54]
tortuous [2026-05-20 12:54]
sake [2026-05-20 12:54]
breeding [2026-05-20 12:54]
violence [2026-05-20 12:54]
siege [2026-05-20 12:54]
threshold [2026-05-20 12:54]
tirade [2026-05-20 12:54]
aura [2026-05-20 12:54]
cloaked [2026-05-20 12:54]
strain [2026-05-20 12:54]
magnet [2026-05-20 12:54]
vomit. [2026-05-20 12:54]
cauldron [2026-05-20 12:54]
consciousness [2026-05-20 12:54]
flame [2026-05-20 12:54]
impulsive. [2026-05-20 12:54]
callous [2026-05-20 12:54]
autocracy [2026-05-20 12:54]
jigs [2026-05-20 12:54]
navel [2026-05-20 12:54]
maintain. [2026-05-20 12:54]
exceedingly [2026-05-20 12:54]
goofiness [2026-05-20 12:54]
contentment. [2026-05-20 12:54]
aversion [2026-05-20 12:54]
embrace [2026-05-20 12:54]
When I was reporting on Steve Jobs, his partner Steve Wozniak said that the big question to ask was Did he have to be so mean? So rough and cruel? So drama-addicted? When I turned the question back to Woz at the end of my reporting, he said that if he had run Apple, he would have been kinder. He would have treated everyone there like family and not summarily fired people. Then he paused and added, “But if I had run Apple, we may never have made the Macintosh.” [2026-05-20 12:54]
conscious [2026-05-20 12:54]
intense [2026-05-20 12:54]
stern [2026-05-20 12:54]
goofy [2026-05-20 12:54]
ripped off [2026-05-20 12:53]
retained [2026-05-20 12:53]
malady. [2026-05-20 12:53]
psyche [2026-05-20 12:53]
linger [2026-05-20 12:53]
pathetic [2026-05-20 12:53]
launches [2026-05-20 12:53]
Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for his father’s mistakes,” [2026-05-20 12:53]
kinship. [2026-05-20 12:53]
fathom [2026-05-20 12:53]
callous [2026-05-20 12:53]
detached [2026-05-20 12:53]
stunted [2026-05-20 12:53]
tolerance [2026-05-20 12:53]
nurture [2026-05-20 12:53]
bankrupt [2026-05-20 12:53]
specter [2026-05-20 12:53]
tame [2026-05-20 12:53]
delusional. [2026-05-20 12:53]
thrived [2026-05-20 12:53]
prophet [2026-05-20 12:53]
heritage [2026-05-20 12:53]
dimension [2026-05-20 12:53]
torture [2026-05-20 12:53]
unrelenting [2026-05-20 12:53]
savor [2026-05-20 12:53]
Adversity [2026-05-20 12:53]
demon [2026-05-20 12:53]
He learned to shut down fear,” she says. “If you turn off fear, then maybe you have to turn off other things, like joy or empathy.” [2026-05-20 12:53]
unhinged [2026-05-20 12:53]
surges [2026-05-20 12:53]
vulnerable [2026-05-20 12:53]
chill [2026-05-20 12:53]
embark [2026-05-20 12:53]
innovator. [2026-05-20 12:53]
stride [2026-05-20 12:53]
craving [2026-05-20 12:53]
resonant [2026-05-20 12:53]
spinning [2026-05-20 08:24]
fabulist [2026-05-20 08:24]
volatile [2026-05-20 08:23]
provoked [2026-05-20 08:22]
claim [2026-05-20 08:21]
compassion. [2026-05-20 08:20]
ballistic [2026-05-20 08:20]
recount [2026-05-19 23:29]
mind-blowing [2026-05-19 23:28]
emotionally awkward [2026-05-19 23:27]
take their stuff [2026-05-19 23:27]
punch [2026-05-19 23:26]
virtue [2026-05-19 23:25]
Bullying [2026-05-19 23:25]
笔记/想法
Chapter 10: Zip2: Palo Alto, 1995–1999
board [2026-05-26 18:20]
董事会
Chapter 8: Penn: Philadelphia, 1992–1994
The professor gave him a grade of 98, saying it was a “very interesting and well written paper, except the last figure that comes out of the blue.” [2026-05-25 18:39]
怎么理解 come out of blue
Chapter 6: Canada: 1989
When he got to the town near his cousin’s farm, he used some of the change he had in his pocket to call. “Hey, it’s Elon, your cousin from South Africa,” he said. “I’m at the bus station.” The cousin showed up with his father, took him to a Sizzler steak house, and invited him to stay at their wheat farm, where he was put to work cleaning grain bins and helping to raise a barn. There he celebrated his eighteenth birthday with a cake they baked with “Happy Birthday Elon” written in chocolate icing. [2026-05-22 15:15]
他们怎么对未曾谋面的亲属也如此周到。我感觉我做不到
A myth has grown that Musk, because his father was on-and-off successful, arrived in North America in 1989 with a lot of money, perhaps pockets filled with emeralds. [2026-05-22 14:47]
毒舌艾萨克森
Chapter 5: Escape Velocity: Leaving South Africa, 1989
In this case, it was provably false. By Republic Day 1989, Elon had already gotten a Canadian passport and purchased his airline ticket. [2026-05-22 14:41]
端倪初现，啪啪打脸
“You’ll be back in a few months,” Elon says his father told him contemptuously. “You’ll never be successful.” [2026-05-22 11:32]
虽有贬低，但仍开车送他去机场，吃最贵的餐厅。为人父是一件不容易的事。
Chapter 4: The Seeker: Pretoria, the 1980s
Finally his father was able to talk the university into giving a discounted price for Elon to stand in the back. [2026-05-22 09:58]
其实他的父亲在很多事情上的支持打下了好基础。作者的春秋笔法，细节中藏着很多内容，藏着作者细微的立场。
Musk saw his first computer around the time he turned eleven. [2026-05-22 09:48]
我的第一台电脑在我6岁时就拥有了，但那时软硬件及配套的培训体系，文化社群都不太成型。搭上了信息化的快车，了解了更广阔的世界，但是自那时起发挥的作用还是有限。
Chapter 2: A Mind of His Own: Pretoria, the 1970s
Soon after the man proposed marriage, he got another woman pregnant. [2026-05-22 09:34]
还是会得多
Chapter 3: Life with Father: Pretoria, the 1980s
As is often the case, Errol spins a different tale, insisting that they went both to Disney World, where Elon liked the haunted house ride, and to Six Flags over Georgia. [2026-05-22 00:22]
离谱啊。各执一词。
Chapter 1: Adventurers
“Because of grief, I dropped ten pounds,” she recalls; it helped her win a local beauty contest. She got $150 in cash plus ten tickets to a bowling alley and became a finalist in the Miss South Africa contest. [2026-05-21 18:16]
笑死
Prologue: Muse of Fire
Inside the man, he’s still there as a child, a child standing in front of his dad.” [2026-05-20 12:53]
泪目