This chapter delves into the advantages of reading and introduces the Next Big Idea Club app and box subscription. It also discusses Elon Musk's impulsiveness and debates whether it is a crucial factor in his success or if he could achieve the same without it, examining the fine line between risk-taking and pushing people too hard.
Two years ago, Walter Isaacson, the legendary biographer who has written books about Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Leonardo da Vinci, began shadowing Elon Musk. "I started off with a guy who was one of the most popular people on the planet," Isaacson says, "and ended up with a guy who's the most controversial." Today on the show, Isaacson unpacks those controversies.