📚 Elon Musk Book Recommendations
Curated list of books Elon Musk has recommended. Each card includes his quote and the original source.
Destined for War
Again, could not recommend this book more. Audio version is great.🔗 Original Tweet
Dune
love Dune, but Frank Herbert – a genius writer – was obviously tripping balls writing that book. Can’t expect total coherence in a situation like that 😂 My guess is that he was high af lying on the lawn one day and saw an earthworm and thought “what if it was REALLY BIG”.🔗 Original Tweet
Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
Just read it. Book is accurate.🔗 Original Tweet
Lying
Read "Lying", the new book by my friend Sam Harris. Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie!🔗 Original Tweet
Stranger in a Strange Land
His name will be Valentine, after the protagonist in Stranger in a Strange Land, the Heinlein book where our AI name “Grok” was created. To Grok something means to understand deeply and empathetically.🔗 Original Tweet
The Capitalist Manifesto
This book is an excellent explanation of why capitalism is not just successful, but morally right, especially chapter 4🔗 Original Tweet
The Culture Series
Great book and series. Read them years ago. The Iain Banks “Culture” books are the best envisioning of a mostly positive AI future by far.🔗 Original Tweet
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The actual Roman Empire, especially the decline & fall. The 1946 edition of Gibbon has the best book spine art I’ve ever seen.🔗 Original Tweet
The Lord of the Rings
Looking forward to it. I know it's cliche, but LotR is my favorite book ever :) Want to see the set and take my kids on tour of greater NZ.🔗 Original Tweet
The Story of Civilization
The Story of Civilization. First book is a little dry, but second book, The Life of Greece, is incredible.🔗 Original Tweet
