13A – Reading Reflection No. 1
Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance What surprised you most? Elon musk tried to launch a computer game in the 80’s and it took 167 lines of code. I thought that he was just some rich guy. Turns out, he is incredibly intelligent and has a photographic memory. This helped him memorize books and eventually get into the University of Pennsylvania. What did you admire most? I admire Elon Musk’s ability to be this large and influential businessman but still be himself. He still has his nerdy quarks and openly exhibits them. Beyond the book I follow Musk on twitter and he does not filter himself. He posts some of the weirdest things but it shows that the fame has not got to him. What did you admire least? I think the thing i admire the least about Musk is his social awkwardness which comes from his very intuitive and thinking nature. He is prone to not listen and set his mind and actions on going his way or the highway. This shows that he is confident, but he might be too conf...