X Man: The Elon Musk Origin Story

The bare facts of @elonmusk's life, the way they’re usually told, make him sound like a fictional character, a comic-book superhero. But what’s the real story, the actual history, behind the comic book? Jill Lepore pulls back the curtain on him in a 5-episode podcast.

2/2 Musk's idea of the future seems to stem from sci fi he's loved since he was a boy. But what's the truth behind his sense of destiny? Harvard history prof & New Yorker writer Jill Lepore gets to the bottom of it on, “X Man: The Elon Musk Origin Story": lnk.to/vWvJNL

1/2 The way the story of Elon Musk is often told... it makes him sound like a comic-book superhero – or, to some, a supervillain. As the world's richest person, the US President’s right-hand man, and the owner of X, his power and influence is undeniable.

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“A future whose authors very often pictured a world where the poor and the powerless—and the robots—know their place, and it is to serve the powerful, quietly, and obediently, and without daring to claim intelligence, or sovereignty, or independence.” (4/4)

“A future without governments, or banks. A future where engineers and scientists, and only engineers and scientists, have the answers...” (3/4)

Jill Lepore: “The people with the most money shouldn’t get to decide what happens on earth, or on the moon, or to the skies, or on Mars, or any other planet.” (1/4)

The internet has strong feelings about Elon Musk, but it’s hard to deny his cultural impact. @bmluse is joined by political historian Jill Lepore who challenges his story and mythmaking apple.co/3EGriX4

In her podcast miniseries, Jill Lepore untangles the strange sci-fi roots of @elonmusk's extreme capitalism—with its extravagant, existential & extra-terrestrial plans to save humanity. It's a journey into the history of our future. Stream it on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

As Elon Musk prepares to takeover Twitter, I urge everyone to listen to historian Jill Lepore’s podcast on Musk to understand the man and what strands of thought underpin who he is and what he does. The podcast is called The Evening Rocket.

“I think he sees himself as a Messiah.” Jill Lepore pulls back the curtain on @elonmusk’s elusive Twitter bid, finding evidence of his true intentions in the science fiction Musk grew up loving. npr.org/2022/04/18/109…

“Harvard historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore manages to see through @elonmusk's mystique, explain his worldview, and decipher his visions of the future.” via @FastCompany fastcompany.com/90730706/a-har…

Historian Jill Lepore explores the influence of science fiction on tech billionaires — great research and reporting: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the… @Museum_SciFi

Good morning, I want to recommend a podcast with Harvard history professor Jill Lepore about Elon Musk and the science fiction roots of his and Silicon Valley's new visions for capitalism. A deeply thoughtful approach to an important and fascinating topic. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elo…

The stock market soars and crashes with one tweet from @ElonMusk, newly named @TIME's 2021 #personoftheyear. In Jill Lepore’s podcast, #TheEveningRocket, she takes on the story behind “Muskism” and what makes him a true comic book character (or villain). vox.com/vox-conversati…

Currency requires communal belief in its value—what economists call the "Tinkerbell Effect." @elonmusk started tweeting about Dogecoin—a cryptocurrency started as a joke that seemed to be having a very real and destabilizing effect on financial markets. link.chtbl.com/Robin_Hood?sid…

Host Jill Lepore takes a look at new wave, feminist, postcolonial science fiction—the science fiction that’s usually left out of the vision that Silicon Valley techno-billionaires like @ElonMusk, @JeffBezos, and @PeterThiel adore. link.chtbl.com/baby-x

In 2008 @Tesla released its first completely electric car, the #Roadster. That same year @MarvelStudios released #IronMan and turned to @elonmusk to help shape their version of billionaire #TonyStark. Musk was becoming a celebrity on a superhero scale. pushkin.fm/episode/the-ev…