Since 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥hood, books have played an important role in nurturing Elon Musk’s dreams. He read the entire ‘Encyclopedia Britannica’ when he was 9 years old and spent more than 10 hours a day poring over science fiction novels.Billionaire Elon Musk is the richest person in the world today. He holds a fortune of approximately 240 billion USD, runs the world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturing group Tesla, the aerospace company SpaceX and spent 44 billion USD to acquire the social network Twitter at the end of last year. .
In addition to his wealth, he is famous for being a person with different thinking and unpredictable actions. On July 23, after a poll on social networks, he shocked everyone by rebranding Twitter to X, removing the blue bird symbol that had existed for 11 years, despite the risk of billions of dollars in damage. .
In fact, X.com appeared 24 years ago, cherishing Elon Musk’s dream of a super application. Perhaps the acquisition of Twitter is just a step in the process of completing this plan.
Elon Musk is famous for reading a lot of books. Photo: Reuters.
There is a strong connection between Elon Musk’s success, divergent thinking and big dreams with the books he has read. “I grew up thanks to books. Books, then my parents,” he shared in an interview on Rolling Stone many years ago.
For a long time, Elon Musk read all kinds of books ranging from science, economics to fiction novels. Here are 3 books that he mentioned in his speeches to the media or shared on social networks.
‘Benjamin Franklin: An American Life’
Franklin is one of Elon Musk’s heroes. Despite living in a different era, Musk says he was inspired by Franklin’s success as an entrepreneur starting out from scratch – a feat that’s been replicated by Musk himself in this day and age.
Elon Musk was inspired by Franklin’s life. Photo: Amazon.”You can see what kind of an entrepreneur Franklin is,” Musk said in an interview with the Foundation’s Kevin Rose. “He is an entrepreneur, starting from scratch. He’s just a kid on the run.”
If you want to understand more about how a great man can shape the identity of a billionaire as well as America many centuries later, this is a book not to be missed.
‘Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies’
Elon Musk recommends a number of books on artificial intelligence, the highlight of which is Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by author Nick Bostrom, a proponent of the “simulated world” theory.
‘Superintelligence’ is about the hidden challenges of artificial intelligence. Photo: Amazon.Although Musk is a futurist and deeply interested in artificial intelligence, he also appears worried about the risks and ethical issues associated with this technology.
Bostrom’s book addresses the potential challenge if artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence. Since 2014, Elon Musk has considered Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies a book “worth reading”.
‘Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future’
The book, based on notes from a popular class Peter Thiel taught at Stanford University in 2012, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future focuses on the unique thinking of these founders. startup company founder.
‘Zero to One’ is the successful lesson of Peter Thiel. Photo: Amazon.
Musk said that the Paypal co-founder’s book offers an interesting exploration of the process of building successful startups. “Thiel has built many disruptive companies, and Zero to One shows how,” the billionaire commented.
