Elon Musk Biographer on How the Tesla CEO Acts Behind Closed Doors | WSJ

This interviewer keeps asking negative questions of Musk, and yet Isaacson keeps answering as neutral as possible while also complimenting Musk (and Jobs too) and giving credit where credit is due to them. Makes me appreciate Isaacson much more now, I definitely support his positive judgement of Musk after spending so much time so close to him.

I'm half way through the interview and I've heard only questions around the personality, demon mode and potential bad sides of someone that is making our history. I find this annoying and a waste of time

wsj gets in demon mode whenever they hear the name elon musk

What's the name of the interviewer? He got dribbled by Isaacson. The interviewer was trying to dig up dirt on Musk and negativity, but Isaacson never took the bait. Good one Walter Isaacson

Just watched this after watching the same interview on Lex Fridman’s podcast. There’s a stark difference in the interviewing styles. Some observations: 1. Lex gives it to us uncut. This seems as though there are segments that have been cut. 2. Lex’s approach seems non-judgmental and positive. WSJ’s seems negative/biased/agenda driven. 3. Lex makes it personal by giving anecdotes from his own life and asks deep and interesting questions about Walter’s life. WSJ strips the humanity out of the narrative by rapid firing through questions on Elon’s morality and sanity without asking questions about his achievements and the impact his companies have had/ will have on society. Hats off to Lex. I really appreciate his approach. Can highly recommend him to anyone who hasn’t heard of him!

I read Walter Isaacson’s biography on Einstein and Ben Franklin, and found him to be one of the greatest biographers.

Brutality honest. Enjoyed this book review.

Walter is an outstanding interviewer and biographer. He is intelligent, honest and empathetic. Well done, Walter!😊

I found the focus of this interview to be excessively negative. Every person has demons. Fewer people have the virtues of Elon Musk.

Not "demon" but deeply traumatized as a child. This is so sad. I've been working many years in the IT industry and I can tell you, I would never ever work for such people again

Its ok to be wrong, as long as you are not confident and wrong" - Elon Musk, giving one of his rules of thumb

Walter Isaacson is an incredible author and speaker. Amazing interview I’m buying this book asap

I am not sure Elon Musk cares about what people think of him. I sense his sincerity in all his projects.

I read most of previous Walter Isaacson books (Franklin, Jobs, DaVinci, Einstein and Innovators) and they are brilliant. Now 1/3 read from this one and so far excellent book again. This guy has a skill to make topics like the history of computer science a interesting story you just can't stop reading.

Wow, what a fantastic interview. I was on the fence about buying this book prior to seeing this interview. Now, is a musk-buy!

Good interview! Well prepared with good questions

Interesting to watch this. Book arrives in my mail today. Looking forward to reading it.

Really appreciate WSJ including the dad's perspective in the end there.

Wow, one of the very best interviews I've ever heard. Well done!

It’s quite something to cultivate a reputation that allows the author into his subject’s lives to write books about them. After listening to Isaacson talk it’s easy to see why. He is so incredibly good at what he does and is very careful in the way he talks about it. I read the Jobs book and I will definitely be reading this one.