致谢

伊隆。马斯克让我跟在他身边长达两年时间，邀请我旁听他的会议，参与多次面谈与深夜对话，提供电子邮件与讯息内容，鼓励他的朋友、同事、家庭成员、广告主以及前妻和我谈话。他没有要求在出版前阅读这本书，他确实做到了，他也没有掌控这本书的内容走向。

我很感谢所有受访者。我要特别提到其中几位给予特殊协助、提供照片与指引的人：梅伊。马斯克、艾洛尔。马斯克、金博尔。马斯克、洁丝汀。马斯克、克莱儿。布歇（格莱姆斯）、妲露拉。莱莉、席冯。齐莉丝、山姆。提勒、欧米德。阿富夏、詹姆斯。马斯克、安德鲁。马斯克、罗斯。诺迪恩、达瓦尔。什罗夫、比尔。雷利、马克。容克萨、基可。邓契夫、耶恩。巴拉加迪亚、拉尔斯。莫拉维、法兰兹。范霍兹豪森、贾德。博查尔与安东尼奥。格拉西亚斯。

克拉瑞。普兰（Crary Pullen）是这本书的图片编辑，就如同她为我之前的著作一起合作一样地大胆无畏。我的著作都是由 Simon & Schuster 出版，未来的著作也会继续交给他们，因为我认同他们的价值，而且他们拥有相当优秀的团队，以这本书为例，包括：普里西拉。佩顿（Priscilla Painton）、乔纳森。卡普（Jonathan Karp）、哈娜。帕克（Hana Park）、史蒂芬。贝德福（Stephen Bedford）、茱莉亚。普拉瑟（Julia Prosser）、玛丽。福洛（Marie Florio）、贾姬。萧（Jackie Seow）、丽莎。里夫林（Lisa Rivlin）、克里斯。道尔（Kris Doyle）、乔纳森。艾文斯（Jonathan Evans）、亚曼达。穆荷兰（Amanda Mulholland）、艾琳。凯拉迪（Irene Kheradi）、保罗。迪波利托（Paul Dippolito）、贝丝。马利奥内（Beth Maglione），以及精神永远与我们同在的爱丽丝。梅修（Alice Mayhew）。茱蒂丝。胡佛（Judith Hoover）退休后，在我的请求下再度重出江湖担任文案编辑。我也要谢谢我的经纪人亚曼达。厄本（Amanda Urban），以及他的国际部同事海伦。曼德斯（Helen Manders）和佩帕。米戈农（Peppa Mignone），还有我在杜兰大学的助理琳赛。毕拉普斯（Lindsey Billips）。

还有凯西和贝琪，永远爱你们。

受访名单

Omead Afshar, Parag Agrawal, Deepak Ahuja, Sam Altman, Drew Baglino, Jehn Balajadia, Jeremy Barenholtz, Melissa Barnes, Leslie Berland, Kayvon Beykpour, Jeff Bezos, Jared Birchall, Roelof Botha, Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Nellie Bowles, Richard Branson, Elissa Butterfield, Tim Buzza, Jason Calacanis, Gage Coffin, Esther Crawford, Larry David, Steve Davis, Tejas Dharamsi, Thomas Dmytryk, John Doerr, Kiko Dontchev, Brian Dow, Mickey Drexler, Phil Duan, Martin Eberhard, Blair Effron, Ira Ehrenpreis, Larry Ellison, Ashok Elluswamy, Ari Emanuel, Navaid Farooq, Nyame Farooq, Joe Fath, Lori Garver, Bill Gates, Rory Gates, David Gelles, Bill Gerstenmaier, Kunal Girotra, Juleanna Glover, Antonio Gracias, Michael Grimes, Trip Harriss, Demis Hassabis, Amber Heard, Reid Hoffman, Ken Howery, Lucas Hughes, Jared Isaacman, RJ Johnson, Mark Juncosa, Steve Jurvetson, Nick Kalayjian, Ro Khanna, Hans Koenigsmann, Milan Kovac, Andy Krebs, Joe Kuhn, Bill Lee, Max Levchin, Jacob McKenzie, Jon McNeill, Lars Moravy, Michael Moritz, Dave Morris, Rich Morris, Marcus Mueller, Tom Mueller, Andrew Musk, Christiana Musk, Elon Musk, Errol Musk, Griffin Musk, James Musk, Justine Musk, Kimbal Musk, Maye Musk, Tosca Musk, Bill Nelson, Peter Nicholson, Ross Nordeen, Luke Nosek, Sam Patel, Chris Payne, Janet Petro, Joe Petrzelka, Henrik Fisker, Yoni Ramon, Robin Ren, Adeo Ressi, Bill Riley, Talulah Riley, Peter Rive, Ben Rosen, Yoel Roth, David Sacks, Alan Salzman, Ben San Souci, Joe Scarborough, DJ Seo, Brad Sheftel, Gwynne Shotwell, Dhaval Shroff, Mark Soltys, Alex Spiro, Christopher Stanley, Robert Steel, JB Straubel, Anand Swaminathan, Jessica Switzer, Felix Sygulla, Marc Tarpenning, Sam Teller, Peter Thiel, Jim Vo, Franz von Holzhausen, Tim Watkins, Bari Weiss, Rodney Westmoreland, Linda Yaccarino, Tim Zaman, David Zaslav, Shivon Zilis.

参考书籍

艾瑞克。伯格（Eric Berger），《SpaceX升空记》（ Liftoff）（William Morrow, 2021）

马克斯。查夫金（Max Chafkin），《彼得。提尔》（ The Contrarian）（Penguin, 2021）

克里斯第安。戴文波特（Christian Davenport），《太空大亨》（ The Space Barons）（Public Affairs, 2018）

提姆。费恩霍兹（Tim Fernholz），《火箭亿万富翁》（ Rocket Billionaires）（Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018）

洛瑞。加弗（Lori Garver），《太空海盗》（ Space Pirates）（Diversion, 2022）

提姆。希金斯（Tim Higgins），《权力游戏》（ Power Play）（Doubleday, 2012）

哈米希。麦肯齐（Hamish McKenzie），《疯狂模式》（ Insane Mode）（Dutton, 2018）

梅伊。马斯克（Maye Musk），《女人的计划》（ A Woman Makes A Plan）（Penguin, 2019）

爱德华。尼德迈尔（Edward Niedermeyer），《荒唐》（ Ludicrous）（BenBella, 2019）

吉米。索尼（Jimmy Soni），《创办人》（ The Founders）（Simon & Schuster, 2022）

艾胥黎。范思（Ashlee Vance），《钢铁人马斯克》（ Elon Musk）（Ecco, 2015）

艾胥黎。范思（Ashlee Vance），《当太空开卖时》（ When the Heavens Went on Sale）（Ecco, 2023）

资料来源

前言 缪斯之火：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, Errol Musk, Maye Musk, Tosca Musk, Justine Musk, Talulah Riley, Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Peter Thiel. Tom Junod, "Triumph of His Will," Esquire, Dec. 2012 （includes the quip about having no navel）。

01 冒险基因：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Maye Musk, Kimbal Musk, Tosca Musk, Errol Musk, Jared Birchall. Joseph Keating and Scott Haldeman, "Joshua N. Haldeman, DC: The Canadian Years," Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 1995; "Before Elon Musk Was Thinking about Mars," Regina Leader-Post, May 15, 2017; Joseph Keating, "Flying Chiros," Dynamic Chiropractic, Dec. 15, 2003; Nick Murray, "Elon Musk's Fascinating History with Moose Jaw," Moose Jaw Independent, Sept. 15, 2018; Joshua Haldeman, "We Fly Three Continents," ICA International Review of Chiropractic, Dec. 1954; Phillip de Wet, "Elon Musk's Family Once Owned an Emerald Mine in Zambia," Business Insider, Feb. 28, 2018; Phillip de Wet, "A Teenage Elon Musk Once Casually Sold His Father's Emeralds to Tiffany & Co.," Business Insider, Feb. 22, 2018; Jeremy Arnold, "Journalism and the Blood Emeralds Story," Save Journalism, Substack, Mar. 9, 2021; Vance, Elon Musk; Maye Musk, A Woman.

02 活在自己的心灵世界：Author's interviews with Maye Musk, Errol Musk, Elon Musk, Tosca Musk, Kimbal Musk. Neil Strauss, "The Architect of Tomorrow," Rolling Stone, Nov. 15, 2017; Elon Musk, TED Talk with Chris Anderson, Apr. 14, 2022; "Inter-galactic Family Feud," Mail on Sunday, Mar. 17, 2018, Vance, Elon Musk, Maye Musk, A Woman.

03 火箭男孩：Author's interviews with Maye Musk, Errol Musk, Elon Musk, Tosca Musk, Kimbal Musk, Peter Rive. Elon Musk report cards from Waterkloof House Preparatory School, Glenashley Senior Primary School, Bryanston High School, and Pretoria Boys High School; Neil Strauss, "The Architect of Tomorrow"; Emily Lane Fox, "How Elon Musk's Mom （and Her Twin Sister） Raised the First Family of Tech," Vanity Fair, Oct. 21, 2015; Andrew Smith, "Emissary of the Future," The Telegraph （London）， Jan. 8, 2014.

04 追寻者： Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, Maye Musk, Errol Musk, Peter Rive. Elon Musk, The Babylon Bee podcast, Dec. 21, 2021; Tad Friend, "Plugged In," The New Yorker, Aug. 17, 2009; Maureen Dowd, "Blasting Off in Domestic Bliss," New York Times, July 25, 2020; Neil Strauss, "The Architect of Tomorrow"; Elon Musk, interview at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Nov. 15, 2021.

05 大胆走出去：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Errol Musk, Kimbal Musk, Tosca Musk, Peter Rive.

06 世界走进来：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Maye Musk, Tosca Musk. Postmedia News, "Before Elon Musk Was Thinking About Mars, He Was Doing Chores on a Saskatchewan Farm," Regina Leader-Post, May 15, 2017; Haley Steinberg, "The Education of Elon Musk," Toronto Life, Jan, 2023, Raffaele Panizza, "Interview with Maye Musk," Vogue, Oct. 12, 2017; Vance, Elon Musk.

07 锻炼策略脑：Author's interviews with Maye Musk, Tosca Musk, Kimbal Musk, Elon Musk, Navaid Farooq, Peter Nicholson. Robin Keats, "Rocket Man," Queen's Alumni Review, Vol. 1, 2013; Soni, The Founders, Vance, Elon Musk. Soni provided me his notes and other material.

08 像来自外星球的人：Author's interview with Elon Musk, Adeo Ressi, Robin Ren, Kimbal Musk, Maye Musk. Alaina Levine, "Entrepreneur Elon Musk Talks about His Background in Physics," APS News, Oct. 2013; Soni, The Founders, Vance, Elon Musk

09 不做华尔街金童：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, Robin Ren, Peter Nicholson. Phil Leggiere, "From Zip to X," University of Pennsylvania Gazette, Nov. 1999; Jennifer Gwynne, notes for auction items, rrauction.com , Aug. 2022.

10 第一次创业：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, Navaid Farooq, Nyame Farooq, Maye Musk, Errol Musk. Amit Katwala, "What's Driving Elon Musk?," Wired UK, Sept. 8, 2018; Elon Musk and Maurice J. Fitzgerald, "Interactive Network Directory Service with Integrated Maps and Directions," Patent US6148260A, filed on June 29, 1999; Max Chafkin, "Entrepreneur of the Year," Inc., Dec. 1, 2007; Elon Musk, Stanford talk, Oct. 8 2003; Heidi Anderson, "Newspaperdom's New Super-hero: Zip2," Editor & Publisher, Jan. 1996; Michael Gross, "Elon Musk 1.0," Air Mail, June 11, 2022; Maye Musk, A Woman, Vance, Elon Musk, Soni, The Founders.

11 爱情龙卷风：Author's interviews with Justine Musk, Elon Musk, Maye Musk, Kimbal Musk, Navaid Farooq. Justine Musk, "I Was a Starter Wife," Marie Claire, Sept. 10, 2010.

12 发动网路金融革命：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Mike Moritz, Peter Thiel, Roelof Botha, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, Luke Nosek. Mark Gimein, "Elon Musk Is Poised to Become Silicon Valley's Next Big Thing," Salon, Aug. 17, 1999; Sarah Lacy, "Interview with Elon Musk," Pando, Apr. 15, 2009; Eric Jackson, The PayPal Wars （World Ahead, 2003）; Chafkin, The Contrarian.

13 一场政变扭转人生：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Mike Moritz, Peter Thiel, Roelof Botha, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, Justine Musk, Kimbal Musk, Luke Nosek. Soni, The Founders, Vance, Elon Musk; Chafkin, The Contrarian.

14 火星任务：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Adeo Ressi, Navaid Farooq, Reid Hoffman. Dave Mosher, "Elon Musk Used to Fly a Russian Fighter Jet," Business Insider, Aug. 19, 2018; Elon Musk, "My Idea of Fun," Fortune, Oct. 6, 2003; M. G. Lord, "Rocket Man," Los Angeles Magazine, Oct. 1, 2007; Tom Junod, "Triumph of His Will," Esquire, Nov. 15, 2012; Richard Feloni, "Former SpaceX Exec Explains How Elon Musk Taught Himself Rocket Science," Business Insider, Oct. 23, 2014; Chris Anderson, "Elon Musk's Mission to Mars," Wired, Oct. 21, 2012; Elon Musk speech, Mars Society, Aug. 3, 2012; Elon Musk, "Risky Business," IEEEE Spectrum, May 30, 2009; Max Chafkin, "Entrepreneur of the Year," Inc., Dec. 2007; Elon Musk, TED Talk, Apr. 2017; Davenport, Space Barons, Berger, Liftoff.

15 颠覆航太产业：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Adeo Ressi. Amit Katwala, "What's Driving Elon Musk?," Wired, Sept. 8, 2018; Anderson, "Elon Musk's Mission to Mars"; Levine, "Entrepreneur Elon Musk Talks about His Background in Physics"; Junod, "Triumph of His Will."

16 父与子：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, Justine Musk, Maye Musk. Justine Musk, "I Was a Starter Wife"; Junod, "Triumph of His Will"; Strauss, "The Architect of Tomorrow."

17 热血工程师的改造魔法：Author's interviews with Tom Mueller, Elon Musk, Tim Buzza, Mark Juncosa. Jeremy Rosenberg, interview with Tom Mueller, KCET Public Radio, May 3, 2012; Michael Belfiore, "Behind the Scenes with the World's Most Ambitious Rocket Makers," Popular Mechanics, Sept. 1, 2009; Doug McInnis, "Rocket Man," Loyola Marymount Alumni Magazine, Aug. 31, 2011; Katwala, "What's Driving Elon Musk?"; Junod, "Triumph of His Will"; Davenport, Space Barons, Berger, Liftoff; Vance, Elon Musk.

18 建造火箭的新规则：Author's interviews with Tim Buzza, Tom Mueller, Elon Musk, Davenport, Space Barons, Berger, Liftoff, Vance, Elon Musk.

19 小虾米对上大鲸鱼：Author's interviews with Gwynne Shotwell, Elon Musk, Tom Mueller, Hans Koenigsmann. Gwynne Shotwell, Graduation speech at Northwestern University, June 14, 2021; Chad Anderson, "Rethinking Public-Private Space Travel," Space Policy, Nov. 2013.

20 特斯拉共同创办人：Author's interviews with Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning, Elon Musk, JB Straubel, Ben Rosen. Michael Copeland, "Tesla's Wild Ride," Fortune, July 9, 2008; Drake Baer, "The Making of Tesla," Business Insider, Nov. 12, 2014; Higgins, Power Play; Vance, Elon Musk.

21 第一辆电动跑车Roadster：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning, JB Straubel, Kimbal Musk, Michael Moritz, John Doerr, Alan Salzman, Jessica Switzer, Mickey Drexler. Baer, "The Making of Tesla"; Joshua Davis, "Batteries Included," Wired, Aug. 1, 2006; Matthew Wald, "Zero to 60 in 4 Seconds," New York Times July 19, 2006; Copeland, "Tesla's Wild Ride"; Elon Musk, "The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan," Tesla blog, Aug. 2, 2006; interview with Martin Eberhard, Watt It Takes podcast, Sept. 2021; Higgins, Power Play, Vance, Elon Musk; Niedermeyer, Ludicrous.

22 热带小岛上发射火箭：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Gwynne Shotwell, Hans Koenigsmann, Tim Buzza. Berger, Liftoff. Berger reported the scramble to replace the faulty capacitors.

23 两次打击：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, Hans Koenigsmann, Tom Mueller, Tim Buzza. Kimbal Musk, "Kwajalein Atoll and Rockets," blog posts for Mar. 2006, http://kwajrockets.blogspot.com/ ; Carl Hoffman, "Elon Musk Is Betting His Fortune on a Mission beyond Earth's Orbit," Wired, May 22, 2007; Brian Berger, "Pad Processing Error Doomed Falcon 1," SpaceNews, Apr. 10, 2006; Berger, Liftoff

24 征召工程特种部队：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Martin Eberhard, JB Straubel, Antonio Gracias, Tim Watkins, Deepak Ahuja. Zak Edson, "Tesla Motors Case Study: Sotira Carbon Fiber Body Panel Ramp, May Oct 2008," Valor Capital archives; Steven N. Kaplan et al., "Valor and Tesla Motors," Chicago Booth School of Business case study, 2017; Copeland, "Tesla's Wild Ride"; Baer, "The Making of Tesla"; Elon Musk interview, Financial Times, May 10, 2022; Higgins, Power Play.

25 全权掌控：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Antonio Gracias, Tim Watkins, Martin Eberhard, Mare Tarpenning, Michael Marks, Ira Ehrenpreis. Copeland, "Tesla's Wild Ride"; Gene Bylinksy, "Heroes of U.S. Manufacturing: Michael Marks," Fortune, Mar. 20, 2000; Higgins, Power Play.

26 最惨的一年：Author's interviews with Justine Musk, Elon Musk, Maye Musk, Kimbal Musk, Antonio Gracias. Justine Musk, "I Was a Starter Wife"; Justine Musk, TEDx Talk, Jan. 26, 2016; Justine Musk, "From the Head of Justine Musk," blog, justinemusk.com ; Junod, "Triumph of His Will."

27 一见钟情：Author's interviews with Talulah Riley, Elon Musk, Bill Lee.

28 第三次打击：Author's interviews with Tim Buzza, Hans Koenigsmann, Elon Musk, Tom Mueller. Berger, Liftoff; "SpaceX Stories," Elonx.net , Apr. 30, 2019; Elon Musk press phone call, Aug. 6, 2008; Carl Hoffman, "Now 0-for-3," Wired, Aug. 5, 2008. The launch took place August 3, 2008, Kwaj time, which was August 2 California time.

29 破产边缘：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, Maye Musk, Antonio Gracias, Tim Watkins, Talulah Riley, Bill Lee, Mark Juncosa, Jason Calacanis. "P1 Arriving Now!," Tesla blog, Feb. 6, 2008; Scott Pelley, Elon Musk interview, 60 Minutes, CBS, May 22, 2012.

30 第四次发射：Author's interviews with Peter Thiel, Luke Nosek, David Sacks, Elon Musk, Tim Buzza, Tom Mueller, Kimbal Musk, Trip Harriss, Gwynne Shorwell. Ashlee Vance, When the Heavens Went on Sale （Ecco, 2023）; Berger, Liftoff; Davenport, Space Barons.

31 拯救特斯拉：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Alan Salzman, Kimbal Musk, Ira Ehrenpreis, Deepak Ahuja, Ari Emanuel.

32 首部电动房车Model S：Author's interviews with Henrik Pfister, Elon Musk, JB Straubel, Martin Eberhard, Nick Kalayjian, Franz von Holzhausen, Dave Morris, Lars Moravy, Drew Baglino. John Markoff, "Tesla Motors Files Suit against Competitor over Design Ideas," New York Times, Apr. 15, 2008; Chris Anderson, "The Shared Genius of Elon Musk and Steve Jobs," Fortune, Nov. 27, 2013; Charles Duhigg, "Dr. Elon & Mr. Musk," Wired, Dec. 13, 2018; Chuck Squatriglia, "First Look at Tesla's Stunning Model S," Wired, Mar. 26, 2009; Dan Neil, "Tesla S: A Model Citizen," Los Angeles Times, Apr. 29, 2009; Dan Neil, "To Elon Musk and the Model S: Congratulations," Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2012; Higgins, Power Play.

33 揭开太空商业序幕：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Tom Mueller, Gwynne Shotwell, Tim Buzza, Lori Garver, Bill Nelson. Brian Mosdell, "Untold Stories from the Rocket Ranch," Kennedy Space Center archives, Mar. 5, 2015; Brian Mosdell, "SpaceX Stories: How SpaceX Built SLC-40 on a Shoestring Budget," ElonX, Apr. 15, 2019; Irene Klotz, "SpaceX Secret? Bash Bureaucracy, Simplify Technology," Aviation Week & Space Technology, June 15, 2009, Garver, Space Pirates, Berger, Liftoff; Davenport, Space Barons.

34 猎鹰九号升空：Author's interviews with Tim Buzza, Elon Musk, Lori Garver. Brian Vastag, "SpaceX's Dragon Capsule Docks with International Space Station," Washington Post, May 25, 2012; Garver, Space Pirates, Berger, Liftoff; Davenport, Space Barons.

35 男人心底的小男孩：Author's interviews with Talulah Riley, Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, Bill Lee, Navaid Farooq. Hermione Eyre, "How to Marry a Billionaire," The Evening Standard （London）， Apr. 10, 2012.

36 关键优势：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Franz von Holzhausen, Dave Morris, JB Straubel. Angus MacKenzie, "Shocking Winner: Proof Positive That America Can Still Make （Great） Things," Motor Trend, Dec. 10, 2012; Peter Elkind, "Panasonic's Power Play," Fortune, Mar. 6, 2015; Vance, Elon Musk; Higgins, Power Play.

37 马斯克与贝佐斯：Author's interviews with Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Nelson, Tim Buzza. Dan Leone, "Musk Calls Out Blue Origin," SpaceNews, Sept. 25, 2013; Walter Isaacson, "In This Space Race, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos Are Eager to Take You There," New York Times, Apr. 24, 2018; Jeff Bezos, Invent and Wander （Public Affairs/Harvard Business Review, 2021）; Explorers Club 2014 dinner video, https:// vimeo.com/119342003 ; Amanda Gordon, "Scene Last Night: Jeff Bezos Eats Gator, Elon Musk Space," Bloomberg, Mar. 17, 2014; Jeffrey P. Bezos, Gary Lai, and Sean R. Findlay, "Sea Landing of Space Launch Vehicles," Patent application US8678321B2, June 14, 2010; Trung Phan, Twitter thread, July 17, 2021; Davenport, Space Barons, Berger, Liftoff; Fernholz, Rocket Billionaires.

38 猎鹰听见驯鹰师：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Sam Teller, Steve Jurvetson, Antonio Gracias, Mark Juncosa, Jeff Bezos, Kiko Dontchev. Calia Cofield, "Blue Origin Makes Historic Reusable Rocket Landing in Epic Test Flight," Space.com , Nov. 24, 2015; Davenport, Space Barons.

39 妲露拉云霄飞车：Author's interviews with Talulah Riley, Elon Musk, Maye Musk, Kimbal Musk, Navaid Farooq, Bill Lee. Junod, "Force of His Will."

40 探索人工智慧：Author's interviews with Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman, Luke Nosek, Shivon Zilis. Steven Levy, "How Elon Musk and Y Combinator Plan to Stop Computers from Taking Over," Backchannel, Dec. 11, 2015; Cade Metz, "Inside OpenAI, Elon Musk's Wild Plan to Set Artificial Intelligence Free," Wired, Apr. 27, 2016; Maureen Dowd, "Elon Musk's Billion-Dollar Crusade to Stop the A.I. Apocalypse," Vanity Fair, Apr. 2017; Elon Musk talk, MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Department's Centennial Symposium, Oct. 24, 2014; Chris Anderson interview with Elon Musk, TED Conference, Apr. 14, 2022.

41 推出自动辅助驾驶：Author's interviews with Drew Baglino, Elon Musk, Omead Afshar, Sam Altman, Sam Teller. Alan Ohnsman, "Tesla CEO Talking with Google about 'Autopilot' Systems," Bloomberg, May 7, 2013; Joseph B. White, "Tesla Aims to Leapfrog Rivals," Wall Street Journal, Oct. 10, 2014; Jordan Golson and Dieter Bohn, "All New Tesla Cars Now Have Hardware for 'Full Self-Driving Capabilities' but Some Safety Features Will Be Disabled Initially," The Verge, Oct. 19, 2016; National Transportation Safety Board, "Collision between a Car Operating with Automated Vehicle Control Systems and a Tractor-Semitrailer Truck Near Williston, Florida on May 7, 2017," Sept. 12, 2017; Jack Stewart, "Elon Musk Says Every New Tesla Can Drive Itself," Wired, Oct. 19, 2016; Peter Valdes-Dapena, "You'll Be Able to Summon Your Driverless Tesla from Cross-country," CNN, Oct. 20, 2016; Niedermeyer, Ludicrous.

42 能源整合的未来：Author's interviews with Peter Rive, Elon Musk, Maye Musk, Errol Musk, Kimbal Musk, Drew Baglino, Sam Teller. Emily Jane Fox, "How Elon Musk's Mom （and Her Twin Sister） Raised the First Family of Tech," Vanity Fair, Oct. 21, 2015; Burt Helm, "Elon Musk, Lyndon Rive, and the Plan to Put Solar Panels on Every Roof in America," Men's Journal, July 2016; Eric Johnson, "From Santa Cruz to Solar City," Hilltromper, Nov. 20, 2015; Ronald D. White, "SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive Built on a Bright Idea," Los Angeles Times, Sept. 13, 2013; Max Chafkin, "Entrepreneur of the Year"; Delaware Chancery Court, "Memorandum of opinion in re Tesla Motors stockholder litigation," C.A. No. 12711-VCS, Apr. 27, 2022; Austin Carr, "The Real Story behind Elon Musk's $2.6 Billion Acquisition of SolarCity," Fast Company, June 7, 2017; Austin Carr, "Inside Steel Pulse," Fast Company, June 9, 2017; Josh Dzicza, "Why Tesla's Battery for Your Home Should Terrify Utilities," The Verge, Feb. 13. 2015; Ivan Penn and Russ Mitchell, "Elon Musk Wants to Sell People Solar Roofs That Look Great," Los Angeles Times, Oct. 28, 2016.

43 成立钻孔公司：Author's interviews with Sam Teller, Steve Davis, Jon McNeil, Elon Musk, Joe Kuhn, Elissa Butterfield. Elon Musk, "Hyperloop Alpha," Tesla Blog, 2013; Max Chafkin, "Tunnel Vision," Bloomberg, Feb. 20, 2017.

44 三段关系：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Juleanna Glover, Sam Teller, Peter Thiel, Amber Heard, Kimbal Musk, Tosca Musk, Maye Musk, Antonio Gracias, Jared Birchall. Joe Kernen, Donald Trump interview, CNBC, Jan. 22, 2020; Barbara Jones, "Inter-galactic Family Feud," Mail on Sunday, Mar. 17, 2018; Rob Crilly, "Elon Musk's Estranged Father, 72, Calls His Newborn Baby with Stepdaughter 'God's Plan," The National Post （Canada）， Mar. 25, 2018; Strauss, "The Architect of Tomorrow."

45 坠入黑暗之中：Author's interviews with Jon McNeill, Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, Omead Afshar, Tim Watkins, Antonio Gracias, JB Straubel, Sam Teller, James Musk, Mark Juncosa, Jon McNeill, Gage Coffin. Duhigg, "Dr. Elon & Mr. Musk."

46 一定要有疯狂的急迫感：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Sam Teller, Omead Afshar, Nick Kalayjian, Tim Watkins, Antonio Gracias, JB Straubel, Mark Juncosa, JonMcNeill, Sam Teller, Lars Moravy, Kimbal Musk, Rodney Westmoreland. Musk email to SpaceX employees, Sept. 18, 2021; Neal Boudette, "Inside Tesla's Audacious Push to Reinvent the Way Cars Are Made," New York Times, June 30, 2018; Austin Carr, "The Real Story," Fast Company, June 7, 2017; Strauss, "The Architect of Tomorrow"; Lora Kolodny, "Tesla Employees Say They Took Shortcuts, CNBC, July 15, 2019; Andrew Ross Sorkin, "Tesla's Elon Musk May Have Boldest Pay Plan in Corporate History," New York Times, Jan. 23, 2018; Tesla Schedule 14A, SEC filing, Jan. 21, 2018; Alex Adams, "Why Elon Musk's Compensation Plan Wouldn't Work for Most Executives," Harvard Business Review, Jan. 24, 2018; Ryan Kottenstette, "Elon Musk Wasn't Wrong about Automating the Model 3 Assembly Line, He Was Just Ahead of His Time," TechCrunch, Mar. 5, 2019; Elon Musk, TED Talk, Apr. 14, 2022; Alex Davies, "How Tesla Is Building Cars in Its Parking Lot," Wired, June 22, 2018; Boudette, "Inside Tesla's Audacious Push"; Higgins, Power Play. For a video of Musk explaining his algorithm, see Tim Dodd, "Starbase Tour," Everyday Astronaut, Aug. 2021.

47 失控边缘：Author's interviews with Kimbal Musk, Deepak Ahuja, Antonio Gracias, Elon Musk, Sam Teller, Joe Fath. Matt Robinson and Zeke Faux, "When Elon Musk Tried to Destroy a Tesla Whistleblower," Bloomberg, Mar. 13, 2019; Elon Musk email to Richard Stanton and reply, July 8, 2018; Vernon Unsworth v. Elon Musk, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, case 2:18 cv 8048, Sept. 17, 2018; Ryan Mac et al., "In a New Email, Elon Musk Accused a Cave Rescuer of Being a 'Child Rapist," BuzzFeed, Sept. 4, 2018; documents in support of summary judgment, In re Tesla Inc. Securities Litigation, U.S. District Court, Northern District California, motion filed Apr. 22, 2022; David Gelles, James B. Stewart, Jessica Silver-Greenberg, and Kate Kelly, "Elon Musk Details 'Excruciating' Personal Toll of Tesla," New York Times, Aug. 16, 2018; Dana Hull, "Weak Sauce," Bloomberg, Apr. 24, 2022; Jim Cramer, Squawk on the Street, CNBC, Aug. 8, 2018; James B. Stewart, "A Question for Tesla's Board: What Was Elon Musk's Mental State?," New York Times, Aug. 15, 2018; Elon Musk interview with Chris Anderson, TED, Apr. 14, 2022; Higgins, Power Play, McKenzie, Insane Mode.

48 风波不断的一年：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, David Gelles, Juleanna Glover, Sam Teller, Gwynne Shotwell, Talulah Riley, JB Straubel, Jon McNeill, Kimbal Musk, Jared Birchall. The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Sept. 7, 2018, David Gelles, "Interviewing Elon Musk," New York Times, Aug. 19, 2018.

49 格莱姆斯：Author's interviews with Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, Maye Musk, Sam Teller. Azealia Banks, letter to Elon Musk, Aug. 19, 2018; Kate Taylor, "Azealia Banks Claims to Be at Elon Musk's House," Business Insider, Aug. 13, 2018; Maureen Dowd, "Elon Musk, Blasting Off in Domestic Bliss," New York Times, July 25, 2020.

50 前进上海：Author's interviews with Robin Ren, Elon Musk.

51 赛博皮卡：Author's interviews with Franz von Holzhausen, Elon Musk, Dave Morris. Stephanie Mlot, "Elon Musk Wants to Make Bond's Lotus Submarine Car a Reality," PC Magazine, Oct. 18, 2013.

52 星链计划：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Mark Juncosa, Bill Riley, Sam Teller, Elissa Butterfield, Bill Gates.

53 星舰与星际基地：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Bill Riley, Sam Patel, Joe Petrzelka, Peter Nicholson, Elissa Butterfield, Jim Vo. Ryan d'Agostino, "Elon Musk: Why I'm Building the Starship out of Stainless Steel," Popular Mechanics, Jan. 22, 2019.

54 特斯拉自驾日：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, James Musk, Sam Teller, Franz von Holzhausen, Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Omead Afshar, Shivon Zilis, Anand Swaminathan, Joe Fath.

55 从玩具车得到灵感：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Omead Afshar, Lars Moravy.

56 家庭生活：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Christiana Musk, Maye Musk, Kimbal Musk, Justine Musk, Ken Howery, Luke Nosek. Joe Rogan interview with Elon Musk, May 7, 2020; Rob Copeland, "Elon Musk Says He Lives in a $50,000 House," Wall Street Journal, Dec. 22, 2021.

57 热血的时刻：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Kiko Dontchev, Kimbal Musk, Luke Nosek, Bill Riley, Rich Morris, Hans Koenigsmann, Gwynne Shotwell. Lex Fridman, podcast interview with Elon Musk, Dec 28, 2021; Joey Roulette, "SpaceX Ignored Last Minute Warnings from the FAA before December Launch," The Verge, June 15, 2021.

58 马斯克与贝佐斯，第二回合：Author's interviews with Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Richard Branson. Christian Davenport, "Elon Musk Is Dominating the Space Race," Washington Post, Sept. 10, 2021; Richard Waters, "Interview with FT's Person of the Year," Financial Times, Dec. 15, 2021; Kara Swisher interview with Elon Musk, Code Conference, Sept. 28, 2021.

59 没有人会逼我们上火星：Author's interviews with Bill Riley, Kiko Dontchev, Elon Musk, Sam Patel, Joe Petrzelka, Mark Juncosa, Gwynne Shotwell, Lucas Hughes, Sam Patel, Andy Krebs. Tim Dodd, "Starbase Tour," Everyday Astronaut, July 30, 2021.

60 站上屋顶：Author's interviews with Kunal Girotra, RJ Johnson, Brian Dow, Marcus Mueller, Elon Musk, Omead Afshar.

61 狂欢夜：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Maye Musk, Kimbal Musk, Tosca Musk, Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Bill Lee, Antonio Gracias. Arden Fanning Andrews, "The Making of Grimes's 'Dune-esque' 2021 Met Gala Look," Vogue, Sept. 16, 2021.

62 平民上太空：Author's interviews with Jared Isaacman, Elon Musk, Jehn Balajadia, Kiko Dontchev, Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Bill Gerstenmaier, Hans Koenigsmann, Bill Nelson, Sam Patel.

63 改造猛禽引擎：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Jacob McKenzie, Bill Riley, Joe Petrzelka, Lars Moravy, Jehn Balajadia.

64 安全友善的人工智慧 ：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Franz von Holzhausen, Lars Moravy, Drew Baglino, Omead Afshar, Milan Kovac. Chris Anderson interview with Elon Musk, TED, Apr. 14, 2022.

65 大脑晶片：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Jon McNeill, Shivon Zilis, Sam Teller. Elon Musk, "An Integrated Brain-Machine Interface Platform with Thousands of Channels," bioRxiv, Aug. 2, 2019; Jeremy Kahn and Jonathan Vanian, "Inside Neuralink," Fortune, Jan. 29, 2022.

66 决策风格：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Lars Moravy, Omead Afshar, Franz von Holzhausen, Drew Baglino, Phil Duan, Dhaval Shroff. Cade Metz and Neal Boudette, "Inside Tesla as Elon Musk Pushed an Unflinching Vision for Self-Driving Cars," New York Times, Dec. 6, 2021; Emma Schwartz, Cade Metz, and Neal Boudette, "Elon Musk's Crash Course," FX/New York Times documentary, May 16, 2022; Niedermeyer, Ludicrous.

67 全球首富：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Jared Birchall, Kimbal Musk, Christiana Musk, Claire Boucher （Grimes）。 Tesla Schedule 14A filing, Securities and Exchange Commission, Feb. 7, 2018; Kenrick Cai and Sergei Klebnikov, "Elon Musk Is Now the Richest Person in the World, Officially Surpassing Jeff Bezos," Forbes, Jan. 8, 2021. I use split-adjusted prices for the stock.

68 年度父亲：Author's interviews with Shivon Zilis, Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Tosca Musk, Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, Maye Musk, Christiana Musk. Elon Musk interview with NPQ, Winter 2014; Devin Gordon, "Infamy Is Kind of Fun, Vanity Fair, Mar. 10, 2022; Ed Felsenthal, Molly Ball, Jeff Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, and Walter Isaacson, "Person of the Year," Time, Dec. 13, 2021; Richard Waters, "Person of the Year," Financial Times, Dec. 15, 2021.

69 政治立场：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, Sam Teller, Jared Birchall, Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Omead Afshar, Ken Howery, Luke Nosek, David Sacks. Dowd, "Elon Musk, Blasting Off in Domestic Bliss"; Strauss, "The Architect of Tomorrow"; Elon Musk interview with the Babylon Bee, Dec. 21, 2021; Rich McHugh, "A SpaceX Flight Attendant Said Elon Musk Exposed Himself and Propositioned Her for Sex," Business Insider, May 19, 2022; Dana Hull, "Biden's Praise for GM Overlooks Tesla's Actual EV Leadership," Bloomberg, Nov. 24, 2021; Dana Hull and Jennifer Jacobs, "Tesla, Who? Biden Can't Bring Himself to Say It," Bloomberg, Feb. 2, 2022; Ari Natter, Gabrielle Coppola, and Keith Laing, "Biden Snubs Tesla," Bloomberg, Aug. 5, 2021; Elon Musk interview with Kara Swisher, Code Conference, Sept. 28, 2021.

70 星链支援乌克兰：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Gwynne Shotwell, Jared Birchall. Emails by Lauren Dreyer and text messages by Mykhailo Fedorov provided by Elon Musk. Christopher Miller, Mark Scott, and Bryan Bender, "UkraineX: How Elon Musk's Space Satellites Changed the War on the Ground," Politico, June 8, 2022; Cristiano Lima, "U.S. Quietly Paying Millions to Send Starlink Terminals to Ukraine," Washington Post, Apr. 8, 2022; Yaroslav Trofimov, Micah Maidenberg, and Drew FitzGerald, "Ukraine Leans on Elon Musk's Starlink in Fight against Russia," Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2022; Mehul Srivastava et al., "Ukrainian Forces Report Starlink Outages During Push against Russia," Financial Times, Oct. 7, 2022; Volodymyr Verbyany and Daryna Krasnolutska, "Ukraine to Get Thousands More Starlink Antennas," Bloomberg, Dec. 20, 2022; Adam Satariano, "Elon Musk Doesn't Want His Satellites to Run Ukraine's Drones," New York Times, Feb. 9, 2023; Joey Roulette, "SpaceX Curbed Ukraine's Use of Starlink," Reuters, Feb. 9, 2023.

71 马斯克与盖兹：Author's interviews with Bill Gates, Rory Gates, Elon Musk, Omead Afshar, Jared Birchall, Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Kimbal Musk. Rob Copeland, "Elon Musk's Inner Circle Rocked by Fight over His $230 Billion Fortune," Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2022; Sophie Alexander, "Elon Musk Enlisted Poker Star before Making $5.7 Billion Mystery Gift," Bloomberg, Feb. 15, 2022; Nicholas Kulish, "How a Scottish Moral Philosopher Got Elon Musk's Number," New York Times, Oct. 8, 2022; Melody Y. Guan, "Elon Musk, Superintelligence, and Maximizing Social Good," Huffington Post, Aug. 3, 2015.

72 下一个战场：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Antonio Gracias, Omead Afshar, Kimbal Musk, Shivon Zilis, Bill Lee, Griffin Musk, Jared Birchall, Ken Howery, Luke Nosek. Tesla carnings call, Apr. 20, 2022; Matthew A. Winkler, "In Defense of Elon Musk's Managerial Excellence," Bloomberg, Apr. 18, 2022; text messages, https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23112929-elon-musk-text-exhibits-twitter-v-musk ; Lane Brown, "What Is Elon Musk?," New York Magazine, Aug. 8, 2022; Devin Gordon, "A Close Read of @elonmusk," New York Magazine, Aug. 12, 2022.

73 决定出价：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, Larry Ellison, Navaid Farooq, Jared Birchall, Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Chris Anderson.

Text messages, https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23112929-elon-musk -text-exhibits-twitter-v-musk ; Rob Copeland, Georgia Wells, Rebecca Elliott, and Liz Hoffman, "The Shadow Crew Who Encouraged Elon Musk's Twitter Take-over," Wall Street Journal, Apr. 29, 2022; Mike Isaac, Lauren Hirsch, and Anupreeta Das, "Inside Elon Musk's Big Plans for Twitter," New York Times, May 6, 2022.

74 忽冷忽热：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Kimbal Musk, Robert Steel, Leslie Berland, Jared Birchall. Liz Hoffman, "Sam Bankman-Fried, Elon Musk, and a Secret Text," Semafor, Nov. 23, 2022; Twitter town hall, June 16, 2022.

75 混乱的父亲节：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Maye Musk, Justine Musk, Kimbal Musk, Errol Musk, Jared Birchall, Talulah Riley, Griffin Musk, Christiana Musk, Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Omead Afshar, Shivon Zilis. Roula Khalaf, "Aren't You Entertained?," Financial Times, Oct. 7, 2022; Julia Black, "Elon Musk Had Secret Twins in 2022," Business Insider, July 6, 2022; Emily Smith and Lee Brown, "Elon Musk Laughs Off Affair Rumors, Insists He Hasn't 'Had Sex in Ages,"" New York Post, July 25, 2022; Alex Diaz, "Musk Be Kidding," The Sun, July 13, 2022; Errol Musk, "Dad of a Genius," YouTube, 2022; Kirsten Grind and Emily Glazer, "Elon Musk's Friendship with Sergey Brin Ruptured by Alleged Affair," Wall Street Journal, July 24, 2022. Errol Musk often copied me on his emails to his son.

76 领先也绝不安逸：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Sam Patel, Bill Riley, Andy Krebs, Jonah Nolan, Mark Juncosa, Omead Afshar, Jake McKenzie, Kiko Dontchev, Jared Isaacman, Sam Patel, Andy Krebs, Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Gwynne Shotwell. Dinner with Janet Petro, Lisa Watson-Morgan, Vanessa Wyche.

77 Optimus的一小步：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Franz von Holzhausen, Lars Moravy.

78 充满不确定：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Jared Birchall, Alex Spiro, Antonio Gracias, Robert Steel, Blair Effron, Ari Emanuel, Larry David, Joe Scarborough.

79 Optimus 向你挥挥手：Author's interviews with Franz von Holzhausen, Elon Musk, Steve Davis, Lars Moravy, Anand Swaminathan, Milan Kovac, Phil Duan, Tim Zaman, Felix Sygulla, Anand Swaminathan, Ira Ehrenpreis, Jason Calacanis.

80 重新想像交通运输：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Omead Afshar, Franz von Holzhausen, Lars Moravy, Drew Baglino.

81 就像牛仔走进星巴克：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Parag Agrawal, David Sacks, Ben San Souci, Yoni Ramon, Esther Crawford, Leslie Berland.

82 收购奇袭：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Jared Birchall, Alex Spiro, Michael Grimes, Antonio Gracias, Brad Sheftel, David Sacks, Parag Agrawal, Tejas Dharamsi, Ro Khanna.

83 大军进驻：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, James Musk, Andrew Musk, Dhaval Shroff, Ben San Souci, Chris Payne, Thomas Dmytryk, Yoni Ramon, Ross Nordeen, Kayvon Beykpour, Ben San Souci, Alex Spiro, Milan Kovac, Ashok Elluswamy, Tim Zaman, Phil Duan. Kate Conger, Mike Isaac, Ryan Mac, and Tiffany Hsu, "Two Weeks of Chaos," New York Times, Nov. 11, 2022.

84 言论可以多自由？：Author's interviews with Yoel Roth, David Sacks, Jason Calacanis, Elon Musk, Jared Birchall, Yoni Ramon. Cat Zakrzewski, Faiz Siddiqui, and Joseph Menn, "Musk's 'Free Speech' Agenda Dismantles Safety Work at Twitter," Washington Post, Nov. 22, 2022; Elon Musk, "Time 100: Kanye West," Time, Apr. 15, 2015; Steven Nelson and Natalie Musumeci, "Twitter Fact Checker Has History of Politically Charged Posts," New York Post, May 27, 2020, Bari Weiss, "The Twitter Files Part Two," Twitter thread, Dec. 8, 2022.

85 万圣节换装：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Maye Musk, Leslie Berland, Jason Calacanis, Yoel Roth.

86 付费蓝勾勾：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Yoel Roth, Alex Spiro, David Sacks, Jason Calacanis, Jared Birchall. Conger, Isaac, Mac, and Hsu, "Two Weeks of Chaos"; Zoe Schiffer, Casey Newton, and Alex Heath, "Extremely Hardcore," The Verge and New York Magazine, Jan. 17, 2023; Casey Newton and Zoë Schiffer, "Inside the Twitter Meltdown," Platformer, Nov. 10, 2022.

87 全力投入：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Jared Birchall, Larry Ellison, Alex Spiro, James Musk, Andrew Musk, Ross Nordeen, Dhaval Shroff, David Sacks, Yoni Ramon. Gergely Orosz, "Twitter's Ongoing Cruel Treatment of Software Engineers," Pragmatic Engineer, Nov. 20, 2022; Alex Heath, "Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Done with Layoffs and Ready to Hire Again," The Verge, Nov. 21, 2022; Casey Newton and Zoë Schiffer, "The Only Constant at Elon Musk's Twitter Is Chaos," The Verge, Nov. 22, 2022; Schiffer, Newton, and Heath, "Extremely Hardcore.

88 硬派作风：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Jared Birchall, Alex Spiro, James Musk, Andrew Musk, Ross Nordeen, Dhaval Shroff, David Sacks, Yoni Ramon Larry Ellison, employees at Apple. Schiffer, Newton, and Heath, "Extremely Hardcore."

89 奇迹：Author's interviews with Shivon Zilis, Jeremy Barenholtz, Elon Musk, DJ Seo, Ross Nordeen. Ashlee Vance, "Musk's Neuralink Hopes to Implant Computer in Human Brain in Six Months," Bloomberg, Nov. 30, 2022.

90 推特文件：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Bari Weiss, Nellie Bowles, Alex Spiro, Ross Nordeen. Matt Taibbi, "Note from San Francisco," TK News, Substack, Dec. 29, 2022; Marr Taibbi, Twitter File threads, TK News, Matt Taibbi, "America Needs Truth and Reconciliation on Russiagate," TK News, Jan. 12, 2023; Matt Taibbi, Twitter threads, Dec. 2022-Jan. 2023; Cathy Young, "Are the Twitter Files a Nothingburger?," The Bulwark, Dec. 14, 2022; Tim Miller, "No, You Do Not Have a Constitutional Right to Post Hunter Biden's Dick Pic on Twitter," The Bulwark, Dec. 3, 2022; Bari Weiss, "Our Reporting at Twitter," The Free Press, Dec. 15, 2022; Bari Weiss, Abigail Shrier, Michael Shellenberger, and Nellie Bowles, "Twitter's Secret Blacklists," The Free Press, Dec. 15, 2022; David Zweig, "How Twit ter Rigged the COVID Debate," The Free Press, Dec 26, 2022; Freddie Sayers and Jay Bhattacharya, "What I Discovered at Twitter HQ," unHerd.com , Dec. 26, 2022.

91 兔子洞：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Kimbal Musk, James Musk, Ross Nordeen, Bari Weiss, Nellie Bowle, Yoel Roth, David Zaslav. Drew Harwell and Taylor Lorenz, "Musk Blamed a Twitter Account for an Alleged Stalker," Washington Post, Dec. 18, 2022; Drew Harwell, "QAnon, Adrift after Trump's Defeat, Finds New Life in Elon Musk's Twitter," Washington Post, Dec. 14, 2022; Yoel Roth, "Gay Data, University of Pennsylvania PhD dissertation, Nov. 30, 2016.

92 圣诞节闹剧：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, James Musk, Ross Nordeen, Kimbal Musk, Christiana Musk, Griffin Musk, David Agus.

93 车用人工智慧：Author's interviews with Dhaval Shroff, James Musk, Elon Musk, Milan Kovac.

94 为人类所用的人工智慧：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Shivon Zilis, Bill Gates, Jared Birchall, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis. Reed Albergotti, "The Secret History of Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and OpenAI," Semafor, Mar. 24, 2023; Kara Swisher, "Sam Altman on What Makes Him 'Super Nervous' about AI," New York, Mar. 23, 2023; Matt Taibbi, "Meet the Censored: Me?," Racket, Apr. 12, 2023; Tucker Carlson, interview with Elon Musk, Fox News, Apr. 17 and 18, 2023,

95 SpaceX 星舰发射：Author's interviews with Elon Musk, Maye Musk, Claire Boucher （Grimes）， Mark Juncosa, Bill Riley, Shana Diez, Mark Soltys, Antonio Gracias, Jason Calacanis, Gwynne Shotwell, Hans Koenigsmann, Linda Yaccarino. Tim Higgins, "In 24 Hours, Elon Musk Reignited His Reputation for Risk," Wall Street Journal, Apr. 22, 2023; Damon Beres, "Elon Musk's Disastrous Week," The Atlantic, Apr. 20, 2023; George Packer, Our Man （Knopf, 2019）。 From Shakespeare's Measure for Measure: "They say best men are molded out of faults And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad."

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