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Inside Elon Musk's Brain

Unsung Science by CBS News

Sep 16, 202339:01Science & Medicine

People use all kinds of words to describe Elon Musk, from “genius” to “megalomaniac,” from “visionary” to “erratic”—but now there’s less reason to call him “enigmatic,” thanks to Walter Isaacson’s new 688-page biography....

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Inside Elon Musk's Brain is an episode from Unsung Science by CBS News. People use all kinds of words to describe Elon Musk, from “genius” to “megalomaniac,” from “visionary” to “erratic”—but now there’s less reason to call him “enigmatic,”...

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