These are what one psychologist termed “eminent orphans.”It’s easy to put Elon Musk into that category.
He had no friends and lived in a world in which you either bullied or were bullied.
But Isaacson’s account suggests that this is not the only or even the main impetus behind Musk’s extreme ambition.
In the midst of that bleak childhood, Musk dived into science fiction, computer games and comics, and in some sense never left.
In that world, Musk seems to have been gripped by a story just as fervently as a religious person is gripped by a holy book.
Persons:
Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow, Hamilton “, I’ve, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, ”, Walter Isaacson’s, Musk
Organizations:
Elon
Locations:
South Africa