
The Elon Musk Mission
Making the Future Awesome: How Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company, and Neuralink Are Changing the World
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Self-driving electric cars! Trips to the Moon and Mars! A world where fossil fuels are no longer needed! An age where humanoid robots will do the dangerous, boring jobs!
Welcome to the world that Elon Musk is creating. Will we be better off when most transportation in underground, parking lots are an historical oddity, and paraplegics recover function through brain implants? Are you excited about a time when you’ll travel between LA and Paris by rocket, taking just 45 minutes from lift off to landing? Have you placed an order for your ticket to Mars?
Elon sees problems. Then he sees solutions. Then he sees little choice but to solve them, even if that means disrupting the biggest industries in the world: auto, trucking, utilities, energy, space, telecommunications, air transport, and robotics. He has amassed the top engineering talent available, created the biggest and fastest computers in the world, and built several of the largest factories on earth to accomplish these tasks.
Randy Kirk wrote a best-selling book on the business practices of Elon Musk, The Elon Musk Method. Now he has joined forces with popular Tesla news YouTuber, Lars Strandridder of Best in Tesla, to unpack the companies that Elon currently runs. Elon is Techno King of Tesla, Chief Twit at Twitter, and has every boy’s dream job of firing off rockets every week with SpaceX. He’s built a transportation tunnel under the strip in Las Vegas with his aptly named The Boring Company. He’s planning to enhance your brain with a quarter sized implant in your skull through his company, Neuralink.
Randy and Lars reached out to a pair of scientists to help with the portions that were above their pay grades. Dr. John Gibbs and Brian Wang have added in depth chapters on artificial intelligence, super computers, robotics, communication satellites, and MechaZilla.
This book is written for folks who are just beginning to learn about Elon and his ventures, and for those who are fans and foes who want the latest details. You will want to listen to this book if you are currently and investor in any of these companies or are considering a future investment. You might want to buy copies for your friends and associates who are filled with FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) about a future brought to us by Elon Musk. There is little to fear and much to anticipate with excitement.
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- VK
- 11-27-22
The truth, every word
Actor/ narrator is not doing a good job, I was almost about to return the book, listening to him continuously butcher all the abbreviations was painful.
FUD, TeslaQ, COGs, BEV's and on...
please re-record the book in your own voices.
also narration style is completely wrong for this kind of a book.
otherwise - excellent content. thanks to all who were involved.
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- eric gregori
- 12-04-24
Very interesting Summary! Narration is Too Much
Musk is an interesting subject, and this book takes a unique approach to discussing his impact through his companies. However, the narration is a little over the top. It is clear and easy to understand, but it reminds me of those late-night infomercials.
I enjoyed the content and presentation and would buy again from these authors and narrator.
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- Steaven Chan
- 02-08-23
Awesome!
Worth every minute of it. Good analysis and great presentation. Love it did not disappoint
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- Per H Strand
- 11-21-22
Very good summary 😀
Very good summary of a astonishing person & his companies progressiv so far, there are more to come…,
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- Decartes
- 01-02-24
Should be titled EM Mi$$ion
Mostly about the money. Needs an update/revision. A little proof reading wouldn’t hurt. I enjoyed Randy Kirk’s other book EM Method more. Tho this book had some points.
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- alan m garcia
- 12-12-22
Request for more narrator options
Good content but I find narrator voice annoying. Please consider options for multiple narrator voices to choose from. Honestly, all audiobooks should have this option. I’m gritting my way through the book—I may not make it.
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- TeeDubb
- 08-20-23
Pretty amazing
This book lays out the mind-boggling potential of Elon Musks many companies and what is almost more amazing is how all these achievements seem almost inevitable. I wish they would have used a different narrator though. The one they used is terrible: robotic delivery and super-nasal voice, kinda like a foreigner pretending to be an American "tough guy".
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- Frank J Fodera Jr
- 05-15-23
If you watch these guys on YouTube, you've already heard everything in this book
Pretty bad book, sure how it got published. I love these guys on YouTube but this is just YouTube rants in book form. No real insights into the company or Elon himself. I'd like my money back
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