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insomniasexx  ·  3506 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What was the latest book you read?

If I hadn't already given it to my dad to read, I'd send you my hardcover. It's really a great read. I will say, especially if you've read Steve Jobs, this one gets less and less objective as it goes on. It's still telling the story, but Isaacson did a great job of really being skeptical and laying down the full range of opinions from beginning to end. I don't think it's too gratuitous and I really didn't notice or mind it until looking back, but I already had a boner for Musk beforehand. It's still a great book and an amazing story.





Cedar  ·  3505 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Aw thanks, that's okay though it's gone on my wishlist and can keep for a bit. I don't really read any biographical works, but I really enjoyed An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth UK by Chris Hadfield. I'd highly recommend reading it but there was a great story he told from it in a TED talk which you should definitely watch.

I seem to remember reading the story on the Guardian website but cannot find any trace of bar a tweet they sent out when the story went live. I wonder why that got removed?