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Elon's Biography
- Elon Musk's biography reveals he offered cooperation if he could add footnotes throughout.
- He wanted to control the narrative, even offering to write his own alongside the author's.
Dinner with Elon
- During an interview dinner, Musk asked Ashley Vance, "Do you think I'm insane?".
- Vance later realized Musk's question reflected his own self-doubt rather than a judgment of her.
Move to South Africa
- Elon Musk's grandfather, Joshua Haldeman, moved to South Africa in 1950.
- He felt Canada's moral character was declining, a reason Robert Evans finds suspicious given the apartheid context.