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ใ€ŠElon Muskใ€‹

Walter Isaacson 1155ไธช็ฌ”่ฎฐ

Chapter 7: Queenโ€™s: Kingston, Ontario, 1990โ€“1991 โ€‹

โ—† standpoint

โ—† obscure

โ—† Calculus

โ—† alumni

โ—† Socratic

โ—† commonality

โ—† honed

โ—† immersed

โ—† flat monotone

Chapter 8: Penn: Philadelphia, 1992โ€“1994 โ€‹

โ—† tenets

โ—† gregarious

โ—† pledges

โ—† poked

โ—† sought

โ—† temperamentally

โ—† Olympiad

โ—† alloys

โ—† lawn

โ—† batteries.

โ—† mandating

โ—† dwindle.

โ—† beam.

โ—† facet

โ—† encyclopedia

โ—† enabler

โ—† offbeat

โ—† sketchy

โ—† phosphorescent

โ—† lacquered

โ—† junkyard

โ—† appalled.

โ—† mattress

โ—† marveled

โ—† detached.

โ—† binged on

โ—† alienated

โ—† withdrawn

โ—† sociability.

Chapter 9: Go West: Silicon Valley, 1994โ€“1995 โ€‹

โ—† tugged

โ—† gilded realms

โ—† utopianism

โ—† entrepreneurial zeal

โ—† lucrative

โ—† drawn to

โ—† exuberance

โ—† descend

โ—† 2024/03/25ๅ‘่กจๆƒณๆณ•

VC

ๅŽŸๆ–‡๏ผšventure capitalists

โ—† supercapacitor

โ—† capacitor

โ—† radically

โ—† coax

โ—† joystick

โ—† fanatic

โ—† tightly sealed appliances

โ—† innards

โ—† rummaging

โ—† tinkering

โ—† carburetors

โ—† spark

โ—† valves

โ—† Valvoline.

โ—† imperative

โ—† Heathkit

โ—† techies

โ—† gravitated

โ—† soldering

โ—† such as battery cells and capacitors, valves and combustion chambers, fuel pumps and fan belts.

โ—† rummaging

โ—† shims

โ—† grinding

โ—† haul

โ—† emerald.

โ—† mantra.

โ—† equivocate.

โ—† hedged

Chapter 10: Zip2: Palo Alto, 1995โ€“1999 โ€‹

โ—† futons.

โ—† restaurateur

โ—† seared

โ—† teriyaki

โ—† estranged

โ—† astounded

โ—† pitch

โ—† vigilant

โ—† convertibles

โ—† classifieds.

โ—† contemptuous

โ—† relentlessly

โ—† indulgence

โ—† binges.

โ—† endearment.

โ—† camaraderie.

โ—† counterproductive.

โ—† cubicles

โ—† bit

โ—† tore off a hunk of flesh.

โ—† tetanus

โ—† compulsion

โ—† muddying

โ—† relegating

โ—† beholden

โ—† proliferating

โ—† rebellion

โ—† scuttled

โ—† merger.

โ—† diminished

โ—† interim

โ—† acquirer

โ—† condo

โ—† splurged

โ—† indulgence:

โ—† hopped

โ—† impulsive

โ—† outburst

โ—† giddy

โ—† newfound

โ—† imperialist

โ—† brat

โ—† restraints

โ—† intensity

โ—† intact.

โ—† techno-brats.

โ—† ostentatious

โ—† skewering

โ—† bursting

โ—† insouciance

โ—† enticing

โ—† fiefdom

Chapter 11: Justine: Palo Alto, the 1990s โ€‹

โ—† cooed.

โ—† prosaic

โ—† fancied

โ—† radiant and sultry

โ—† sophomore

โ—† cone

โ—† dripping cone.

โ—† indomitable

โ—† mesmerized

โ—† sporadically

โ—† jettisoned

โ—† nannies

โ—† thrived

โ—† amorous

โ—† faze

โ—† mortified

โ—† combative

โ—† tapestries

โ—† interpretation

โ—† adamant

โ—† intervention

โ—† turmoil.

โ—† prenuptial

โ—† notary

โ—† villas

โ—† stalked out

โ—† whisk

โ—† intransigent

โ—† joyous.

โ—† radiant

โ—† tiara

โ—† dapper

โ—† conga

Chapter 12: X.com: Palo Alto, 1999โ€“2000 โ€‹

โ—† poring

โ—† devise

โ—† skeptical

โ—† binges

โ—† rudeness

โ—† obsessive-compulsive

โ—† psychoanalytical

โ—† neural

โ—† prevailed

โ—† turmoil

โ—† entice

โ—† prowled

โ—† thrusters

โ—† resentments

โ—† whirred

โ—† reprise

โ—† frenzied

โ—† arcade

โ—† honed

โ—† Confinity

โ—† bonuses

โ—† mitigate

โ—† embankment

โ—† saucer.

โ—† shredded.

โ—† merger.

โ—† scuttle

โ—† white-tablecloth

โ—† barged into

โ—† extract.

โ—† glances.

โ—† nerdy

โ—† steal.

โ—† Infuriated

โ—† revised

โ—† traction

โ—† subsidiary

โ—† pushback

โ—† conjured

โ—† seedy

โ—† unwavering

โ—† niche

โ—† intricacies

โ—† mob

โ—† goonish

โ—† confidantes.

โ—† henchmen

โ—† dysfunction.

โ—† devised

โ—† corollary

โ—† Confinity

โ—† appalled

โ—† flat monotone.

โ—† plaguing

โ—† gambit

โ—† maniacal

โ—† flamethrower

โ—† earnestness.

โ—† astounded

โ—† expertise

โ—† goofball.

Chapter 13: The Coup: PayPal, September 2000 โ€‹

โ—† terse dismissals

โ—† dethrone

โ—† plotting

โ—† the rebel group agreed to join hands and confront the board, enlisting other employees to sign a petition supporting their cause.

โ—† compatriots

โ—† caravanned

โ—† plotters

โ—† dive bar,

โ—† he would issue command decisions

โ—† his normally cowed lieutenants

โ—† blindsided.

โ—† deeds

โ—† coup

โ—† heinous

โ—† literary sensibility.

โ—† heinous

โ—† huddled

โ—† loyalists

โ—† fend off the coup

โ—† A bearlike entrepreneur

โ—† jovial personality

โ—† wiles.

โ—† reality-warp

โ—† staid

โ—† feverish

โ—† sabbatical

โ—† acolyte

โ—† impugned

โ—† baffled

โ—† barred

โ—† visionary

โ—† relentless

โ—† mitigators.

โ—† retreat

โ—† metaphor:

โ—† certainty

โ—† sharpsters

โ—† nemesis

โ—† wiry

โ—† harbored vague

โ—† curb

โ—† couped.

โ—† coda.

โ—† midst

โ—† ouster

โ—† gecko

โ—† biblical

โ—† promiscuous

โ—† Jezebel

โ—† spinal

โ—† meningitis.

โ—† rehydrated

โ—† perceptible.

โ—† malaria

โ—† meningitis.

โ—† falciparum

โ—† parasite

โ—† intravenous

โ—† doxycycline.

โ—† falciparum malaria

โ—† morbid

Chapter 14: Mars: SpaceX, 2001 โ€‹

โ—† turboprop

โ—† crammed

โ—† emboldened

โ—† acrobatic

โ—† dicey

โ—† daredevil

โ—† aerodynamics

โ—† allure

โ—† rummaged

โ—† cabana

โ—† tattered

โ—† alums

โ—† multiplanetary

โ—† veteran

โ—† entrepreneur

โ—† ousted

โ—† aversion

โ—† bemused

โ—† aqueducts

โ—† โ€œIt only improves if a lot of people work very hard to make it better.โ€

โ—† asteroid

โ—† heritage

โ—† bred

โ—† distillation

โ—† rekindled

โ—† exhilarating

โ—† epoch-making

โ—† drily

โ—† mandate

โ—† aerospace

โ—† glamour

โ—† Fairgrounds.

โ—† philanthropic

โ—† mice

โ—† tragicomic

โ—† clamor

โ—† pull it off

โ—† decommission

โ—† convertible

โ—† cloak-and-dagger

Chapter 15: Rocket Man: SpaceX, 2002 โ€‹

โ—† interspersed

โ—† quest

โ—† slammed

โ—† purported

โ—† bizarre.

โ—† aerospace

โ—† taunted

โ—† prodded

โ—† conceive a venture

โ—† audacious

โ—† stewed

โ—† absurd

โ—† drilling down t

โ—† devising

โ—† radically

โ—† midsize

โ—† idiot-savant

โ—† staged an intervention.

โ—† reel

โ—† corralled

โ—† exploding

โ—† The likeliest outcome

โ—† grandiose

โ—† space-faring

โ—† audacious

โ—† buck

โ—† moniker

โ—† unmanned

Chapter 16: Fathers and Sons: Los Angeles, 2002 โ€‹

โ—† intubating

โ—† crib

โ—† malady

โ—† resuscitated

โ—† deprived

โ—† rode

โ—† rattle.

โ—† presidential suite

โ—† emotionally manipulative,

โ—† attributes

โ—† repression

โ—† reconcile

โ—† exorcise

โ—† was paged by

โ—† astounded

โ—† penthouse

โ—† trance

โ—† needy

โ—† blustery

โ—† appalled.

โ—† yearnings

โ—† chauffeured

โ—† perceived

โ—† tugging

โ—† kinship

โ—† yacht

โ—† harbored

โ—† deferring

โ—† Personal networks are more complex than digital ones.

Chapter 17: Revving Up: SpaceX, 2002 โ€‹

โ—† lumberjack.

โ—† welders

โ—† dimpled

โ—† rough-hewn

โ—† studious

โ—† devouring

โ—† crickets

โ—† welding

โ—† thrust.

โ—† logger.

โ—† aerospace.

โ—† peppering

โ—† thrust

โ—† propellant

โ—† nudged

โ—† reluctant.

โ—† futile

โ—† sketched

โ—† propelled

โ—† kerosene.

โ—† peroxide

โ—† tetroxide

โ—† propulsion

โ—† escrow.

โ—† however, cause him to consider Mueller an employee rather than a cofounder of SpaceX.

โ—† perspiration

โ—† adjoining

โ—† collar

โ—† stove

โ—† willfulness.

โ—† plunge

โ—† lunatics

โ—† thick

โ—† triumphant.

โ—† falconer

Chapter 18: Muskโ€™s Rules for Rocket-Building: SpaceX, 2002โ€“2003 โ€‹

โ—† laser-focused

โ—† valve

โ—† actuator

โ—† swivel the nozzle

โ—† domes

โ—† jacked up the price

โ—† hucksters

โ—† mandated

โ—† religiously.

โ—† oft-repeated mantra

โ—† grill

โ—† certify

โ—† decreed

โ—† maniacal

โ—† balked.

โ—† arbitrarily

โ—† maniacal

โ—† corrosive.

โ—† demoralized

โ—† balked

โ—† demoralized

โ—† revised

โ—† tedious

โ—† flout

โ—† freewheeling

โ—† renowned

โ—† tripod

โ—† muttered

โ—† scrubby

โ—† enthuse

โ—† platoon

โ—† disassemblies

โ—† rattlesnakes

โ—† thrust chamber

โ—† cognac

โ—† celebration arose.

โ—† peppered

โ—† searing fury

โ—† makeshift

โ—† pressurization

โ—† bulge

โ—† membranes.

โ—† salvageable.

โ—† epoxy

โ—† seep

โ—† relented.

โ—† epoxy

โ—† unstuck.

โ—† circling the wagons,

โ—† calves

Chapter 19: Mr. Musk Goes to Washington: SpaceX, 2002โ€“2003 โ€‹

โ—† collegiality

โ—† skill set

โ—† cubicle

โ—† assertiveness

โ—† rankling

โ—† suburban

โ—† richness

โ—† adventurous

โ—† bluntly.

โ—† mercurial

โ—† sclerotic

โ—† autism-spectrum

โ—† Aspergerโ€™s

โ—† social cues

โ—† singed.

โ—† sycophant

โ—† crunch

โ—† mammoth

โ—† paraded

โ—† dispatched

โ—† assess

โ—† spunky

โ—† infuriated

โ—† contended

โ—† propping up

โ—† war-profiteering.

โ—† stymied

โ—† suckle

โ—† tit

Chapter 20: Founders: Tesla, 2003โ€“2004 โ€‹

โ—† a corn-fed and clean-cut Wisconsin kid with a chipmunk-cheek smile

โ—† refurbished

โ—† peroxide

โ—† cherubic

โ—† geostationary

โ—† lithium-ion

โ—† pact.

โ—† touted

โ—† entrepreneurial

โ—† jovial

โ—† reciprocated

โ—† denouncing

โ—† sparring

โ—† they dubbed the tzero

โ—† apiece.

โ—† madcap

โ—† badgered

โ—† roadster.

โ—† implored.

โ—† assented.

โ—† comparable

โ—† lanky

โ—† entrepreneur

โ—† lean

โ—† predecessor

โ—† methodical

โ—† gutted

โ—† mandate

โ—† drivetrain

โ—† devised

โ—† buttonholed

โ—† cubicle

โ—† peppering

โ—† drivetrain

โ—† fledgling

โ—† skeptical.

Chapter 21: The Roadster: Tesla, 2004โ€“2006 โ€‹

โ—† imprint

โ—† cobble

โ—† haunt

โ—† drivetrains

โ—† reliance

โ—† chassis

โ—† booth

โ—† boutique

โ—† intrigued

โ—† spritely

โ—† mule

โ—† equity

โ—† molecule.

โ—† gushing

โ—† dismissive

โ—† tacit

โ—† refrain

โ—† mere

โ—† bristled

โ—† cobbling

โ—† jump-start

โ—† expertise

โ—† aesthetics

โ—† dwarf

โ—† contortionist

โ—† farcical.

โ—† fetal

โ—† chassis

โ—† bug-eyed

โ—† adamant.

โ—† fiberglass

โ—† meddling.

โ—† latch.

โ—† sanity

โ—† pleas

โ—† panels

โ—† expertise

โ—† unenviable

โ—† tirade

โ—† satchel

โ—† conceded

โ—† gilded

โ—† wry

โ—† tumultuous

โ—† duality

โ—† duality

โ—† ousted

โ—† moth

โ—† spouting

โ—† controversy

โ—† jousting

โ—† brood

โ—† precursor

โ—† a buzz that transforms it into an object of desire.

โ—† catering.

โ—† smattering

โ—† tendency

โ—† tentatively

โ—† stammer

โ—† slickness

โ—† dividends.

โ—† glowing

โ—† raved.

โ—† testosterone

โ—† granola.

โ—† sleek

โ—† gushed

โ—† lavishly

โ—† biographies

โ—† he did just that.โ€

โ—† portfolio

โ—† sill

โ—† predates

โ—† portrayal

โ—† paean

โ—† Cheekily

โ—† expedite

โ—† alluded

โ—† propelled

โ—† shattering

โ—† plunked

โ—† scathing

โ—† plucky

โ—† revved

Chapter 22: Kwaj: SpaceX, 2005โ€“2006 โ€‹

โ—† instilling

โ—† decreed

โ—† cubicle

โ—† cubicle,

โ—† reciprocated

โ—† roadside joint

โ—† catfish

โ—† atoll

โ—† virtue

โ—† forged

โ—† barracks

โ—† catamaran

โ—† lagoon

โ—† jovial goateed

โ—† goulash

โ—† imprinted

โ—† mantra

โ—† paving

โ—† rigged up a cradle

โ—† plywood

โ—† plywood

โ—† scrambled

Chapter 23: Two Strikes: Kwaj, 2006โ€“2007 โ€‹

โ—† goulash

โ—† relented

โ—† impending

โ—† crises

โ—† alloy

โ—† dumbfounded

โ—† pristine

โ—† turquoise

โ—† thrust.

โ—† dwindling

โ—† snuff

โ—† debris

โ—† wrenched

โ—† crammed

โ—† brooded

โ—† anchovies.

โ—† simmered

โ—† exploded

โ—† wacky

โ—† haul.

โ—† symposium

โ—† debris.

โ—† cubicle.

โ—† retract

โ—† corroded

โ—† slosh baffles.

โ—† lumbered

โ—† jubilation.

โ—† wobble.

โ—† slosh

Chapter 24: The SWAT Team: Tesla, 2006โ€“2008 โ€‹

โ—† swelled to

โ—† chassis

โ—† contracted

โ—† lingerie

โ—† ventures

โ—† bulk

โ—† inventory

โ—† matchboxes

โ—† fraternities

โ—† electroplating

โ—† reemerge

โ—† vats

โ—† nickel baths

โ—† plating

โ—† limousine

โ—† fathoming

โ—† eccentric

โ—† wary

โ—† alley

โ—† flair

โ—† whirring

โ—† decreed

โ—† pep talk.

โ—† he pleaded

โ—† chateau

โ—† carbon fiber

โ—† makeshift factory

โ—† barbecue grills.

โ—† drivetrain.

โ—† Compounding the problem

โ—† Muskโ€™s fiddling

โ—† a flat-out burning dumpster fire

โ—† chassis

โ—† getting pecked to death by ducks

โ—† pieced together

โ—† pessimistic projections.

โ—† hemorrhaging money.

โ—† the grim findings

Chapter 25: Taking the Wheel: Tesla, 2007โ€“2008 โ€‹

โ—† sheer number of problems

โ—† grilling

โ—† slanderous

โ—† voice rises in anger

โ—† undertone of pain

โ—† fervent about disparaging him

โ—† ousted

โ—† unceremoniously ousted

โ—† They had had a meeting

โ—† unanimous

โ—† e vented his frustrations about

โ—† rouse a cold anger

โ—† unleashed a barrage of attacks

โ—† woes

โ—† libel.

โ—† set out to

โ—† bristles

โ—† disparage

โ—† henceforth

โ—† clause

โ—† in spite of

โ—† self-installed

โ—† interim

โ—† couch surfer,

โ—† shoot the breeze,

โ—† coffers

โ—† harsh

โ—† janitor

โ—† appalled

โ—† niceties

โ—† intimidates

โ—† his ingrained personality

โ—† spectrum

โ—† had no natural filter to restrain his responses.

โ—† That was a line that Steve Jobs used often. So did Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos.

โ—† brutal honesty

โ—† unnerving

โ—† constrict

โ—† paratroop

โ—† semiconductor

Chapter 26: Divorce: 2008 โ€‹

โ—† in vitro fertilization clinic,

โ—† miniature dachshund

โ—† housebroken

โ—† quirky

โ—† tumultuous

โ—† tender.

โ—† waists

โ—† celebrity-studded

โ—† black-tie fundraisers

โ—† swarms

โ—† turbulence.

โ—† channeling

โ—† verbally

โ—† spiral.

โ—† trophy

โ—† dye

โ—† hurl

โ—† amused grin

โ—† oddball

โ—† romp

โ—† calamities

โ—† combative

โ—† cerebral

โ—† astute.

โ—† conceded

โ—† psychotherapy.

โ—† dysfunctional

โ—† psychiatrist

โ—† prescribed

โ—† reliant

โ—† turmoil

โ—† ultimatum:

Chapter 27: Talulah: 2008 โ€‹

โ—† propitious

โ—† kludgy

โ—† wranglings

โ—† ventures

โ—† giddy

โ—† concurred

Chapter 28: Strike Three: Kwaj, August 3, 2008 โ€‹

โ—† gasp

โ—† spurted

โ—† vacuum

โ—† the tiny spurt of the residual fuel

โ—† nudged

โ—† hemorrhaging

โ—† somber

โ—† jolt

โ—† suntan oil

โ—† pessimism

Chapter 29: On the Brink: Tesla and SpaceX, 2008 โ€‹

โ—† triumph.

โ—† churn

โ—† subprime

โ—† mortgage meltdown

โ—† unwieldy

โ—† afloat

โ—† escrow

โ—† pleaded

โ—† clinging to

โ—† remortgage

โ—† flailing

โ—† horrendous.

โ—† retching

โ—† hunched

โ—† stiff

โ—† hangman

Chapter 30: The Fourth Launch: Kwaj, Augustโ€“September 2008 โ€‹

โ—† coup

โ—† mafia

โ—† satirical

โ—† categorically skeptical

โ—† relented

โ—† assassinated

โ—† coup

โ—† astrology

โ—† But karma may be real.

โ—† jolted

โ—† festive

โ—† scrambling

โ—† bombing

โ—† descend for refueling

โ—† dented

โ—† slosh baffles had been dislodged.

โ—† scurrying around

โ—† jettisoned

โ—† coconut crab

โ—† allotted

โ—† bloated

โ—† wacky

โ—† entrepreneurs.

โ—† trite

โ—† beige

โ—† intoned

โ—† plume

โ—† rarefied

โ—† islets

โ—† strand of pearls

โ—† turquoise

โ—† whoop

โ—† nozzle

โ—† dull

โ—† deafening

โ—† subsidies

โ—† cost-plus

โ—† frigging

โ—† jig

โ—† frazzled

โ—† stony

โ—† wrenched

โ—† cortisol

โ—† hormones

โ—† adrenaline

โ—† entrepreneurial

โ—† endeavors.

โ—† recalibrate

โ—† impending

โ—† tarmac.

โ—† curtain

Chapter 31: Saving Tesla: December 2008 โ€‹

โ—† abate

โ—† reprieve

โ—† careening

โ—† equity

โ—† sputter

โ—† balking:

โ—† hitch

โ—† wagon

โ—† repelled

โ—† needlessly insensitive

โ—† trancelike

โ—† inordinate

โ—† dicey

โ—† payroll

โ—† enraging

โ—† ballistic

โ—† douche

โ—† douchebag

โ—† that is descriptive, not pejorative.โ€

โ—† allegations

โ—† sanguine

โ—† doff

โ—† subsidized

โ—† stimulus

โ—† infusion

โ—† scramble

โ—† They dispatched an employee to Mexico,

โ—† cash-strapped

โ—† grumpy

โ—† hauled

โ—† wheelies

โ—† powertrains

Chapter 32: The Model S: Tesla, 2009 โ€‹

โ—† sensuous

โ—† bulge

โ—† sleek

โ—† proportions

โ—† hood.

โ—† journeyman

โ—† stints

โ—† go-karting

โ—† lurched

โ—† cushy

โ—† manic

โ—† spiraling

โ—† hangar

โ—† sunlit

โ—† patio

โ—† bulbous

โ—† boxy

โ—† aerodynamics

โ—† drivetrain

โ—† blurting

โ—† blowtorch.

โ—† pierced

โ—† debris.

โ—† hypercompetitive

โ—† genteel

โ—† instilled

โ—† aesthetics

โ—† veneer

Chapter 33: Private Space: SpaceX, 2009โ€“2010 โ€‹

โ—† bead

โ—† helium

โ—† pump shaft seals

โ—† labyrinth purges

โ—† neural

Chapter 34: Falcon 9 Liftoff: Cape Canaveral, 2010 โ€‹

โ—† undercut

โ—† faltering

โ—† fleet.

โ—† soaked

โ—† antenna

โ—† telemetry

โ—† improvised:

โ—† assented.

โ—† jubilant

โ—† vindication

โ—† thrust

โ—† shears

โ—† trimmed

โ—† disbelief

โ—† maneuvers

โ—† braking

โ—† nimbler

โ—† valve

โ—† burp

โ—† churned

โ—† grander

โ—† Prodded

Chapter 35: Marrying Talulah: September 2010 โ€‹

โ—† callous

โ—† needy

โ—† exuberant

โ—† manor

โ—† manic

โ—† rapture

โ—† horrendous

โ—† lapse

โ—† trancelike

โ—† berating

โ—† bucolic

โ—† mesmerizing

โ—† brooding

โ—† encrusted

โ—† cane

โ—† ring bearer and attendants,

โ—† autistic

โ—† bowed out,

โ—† hovercraft and eels.

โ—† flawed phrasebook

โ—† shopkeeper

โ—† amphibious

โ—† loose

โ—† lavish

โ—† opulent

โ—† lark

โ—† bribed

โ—† lounge

โ—† caviar

โ—† steampunky

โ—† troupe

โ—† avant-garde

โ—† aerial

โ—† erotic.

โ—† bizarre

โ—† traumatic

Chapter 36: Manufacturing: Tesla, 2010โ€“2013 โ€‹

โ—† theology

โ—† relentlessly

โ—† offshored manufacturing

โ—† bucked

โ—† obsessive-compulsive disorder.

โ—† strain

โ—† mothballed

โ—† corralled

โ—† pithy

โ—† upended

โ—† ramped

โ—† creed

โ—† quintessential

โ—† agile

โ—† sashay

โ—† valet

โ—† audacious:

โ—† showstopper

โ—† hesitant.

โ—† To prod Panasonic,

โ—† charade.

โ—† bulldozers

โ—† brimstone

โ—† charismatic

โ—† conservative.

Chapter 37: Musk and Bezos: SpaceX, 2013โ€“2014 โ€‹

โ—† boisterous

โ—† boyish enthusiasms,

โ—† both exuberant and methodical

โ—† racing through the shelves of Isaac Asimov

โ—† culminated

โ—† niche

โ—† exhilaration

โ—† valedictorian

โ—† frontier

โ—† he embarked on space endeavors as a missionary rather than a mercenary

โ—† That will confront us with a choice:

โ—† I donโ€™t think stasis is compatible with liberty,

โ—† a somewhat curt email

โ—† reciprocated

โ—† a brusque reply,

โ—† made crucial

โ—† Musk set his sights on leasing the most storied launch facility there

โ—† blasted off

โ—† whimpers

โ—† sprouting

โ—† flame trench.

โ—† He ridiculed Bezosโ€™s rockets,

โ—† thrust

โ—† flame duct.

โ—† barons

โ—† hallowed pads represented,

โ—† sclerotic

โ—† what would make space travel feasible:

โ—† He liked to muse,

โ—† we Earthlings live in a gamelike simulation

โ—† clever overlords

โ—† perversely calibrated

โ—† mountain climber

โ—† his knapsack

โ—† making simpler welds

โ—† further reduces the mass the engines have to lift

โ—† he maniacally hammered home the message

โ—† The dinner featured dishes designed to appeal to the overly adventurous, such as scorpions, maggot-covered strawberries, sweet-and-sour cow penis, goat-eyeball martinis, and whole alligators carved tableside.

โ—† Weโ€™ll have to have a blooper reel at some point.

โ—† sermon

โ—† prior art,

โ—† the dispute heightened the rivalry

Chapter 38: The Falcon Hears the Falconer: SpaceX, 2014โ€“2015 โ€‹

โ—† grad

โ—† accentuated

โ—† receptors and eagerness

โ—† manic

โ—† crickets swarming,

โ—† erect.

โ—† smoldering debris.

โ—† craters

โ—† scrub

โ—† charred

โ—† helium

โ—† suborbital

โ—† grail

โ—† rejoinder

โ—† magnitude.

โ—† relentless

โ—† cram

โ—† to eke out

โ—† ingenious

โ—† valves and leaks,

โ—† worrisome

โ—† drips

โ—† shrugged

โ—† flawlessly.

โ—† thrusters

โ—† erect

โ—† lumber

Chapter 39: The Talulah Roller Coaster: 2012โ€“2015 โ€‹

โ—† culminates

โ—† wingwalk

โ—† biplane.

โ—† โ€œShe loved him to bits,

โ—† ersatz

โ—† samurai

โ—† groin

โ—† culmination

โ—† intervertebral disc

โ—† hapless

โ—† poach

Chapter 40: Artificial Intelligence: OpenAI, 2012โ€“2015 โ€‹

โ—† neuroscientist

โ—† courteous

โ—† conceals a competitive mind

โ—† A chess prodigy

โ—† backgammon.

โ—† asteroid strike,

โ—† trancelike

โ—† dismissive.

โ—† acquisition

โ—† symposium

โ—† surpass

โ—† decoupled

โ—† veneer

โ—† guardrails

โ—† rogue

โ—† rationales

โ—† trove

โ—† lure

โ—† erstwhile

โ—† poaching

โ—† cavalier

โ—† countervailing

โ—† spurred

โ—† endeavors

Chapter 41: The Launch of Autopilot: Tesla, 2014โ€“2016 โ€‹

โ—† acronym

โ—† swerve

โ—† audacious

โ—† gulf

Chapter 43: The Boring Company: 2016 โ€‹

โ—† restraint

โ—† impediments

โ—† piled into

โ—† longitudinal

โ—† exulted

Chapter 44: Rocky Relationships: 2016โ€“2017 โ€‹

โ—† dollop

โ—† renegade independen

โ—† resentful right-winger.

โ—† the editorial boards

โ—† baffled

โ—† reiterated

โ—† psychological turmoil.

โ—† The most agonizing of them

โ—† vortex

โ—† She next saw him

โ—† on the brink of

โ—† Reeling from

โ—† poolside villa

โ—† a wildlife sanctuary

โ—† treetop rope

โ—† thrives on destabilizing

โ—† five tumultuous months.

โ—† flamethrowing fights.

โ—† n a low-cut white linen dress

โ—† a partly unbuttoned white linen shirt

โ—† stimuli

โ—† invigorated.

โ—† reconcile

โ—† tame

โ—† haunting

Chapter 45: Descent into the Dark: 2017 โ€‹

โ—† bipolar

โ—† in a morbid mood

โ—† belting down a couple of Red Bulls

โ—† trying to meditate

โ—† break him out of his stupor with a pep talk

โ—† every ounce of will

โ—† an eerie tone.

โ—† started giggling maniacally

โ—† mantra

Chapter 54: Autonomy Day: Tesla, April 2019 โ€‹

โ—† summoned

โ—† receding mirage

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