The secrets of the world's richest men

Walter Isaacson, biographer of the world's richest billionaire

Elon Musk, revealed a number of facts that

no one knew about the famous American businessman.

Yesterday :

I published Elon Musk's new autobiography

which contains colourful details of the lives of one of the world's richest men.

The best-selling :

biographer of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs :

• Walter Isaacson, and the author of

• Musk's illuminating humor series gave access to

• many facts that missed Musk's followers and fans.

Perhaps the first truth we learn

from the book is Musk's "difficult" relationship with his father

• where Musk was born in South Africa

• and suffered a fraught relationship with his father Errol

• who worked as an engineer.

Isaacson writes that Errol

• Musk's father, was too pressured for Musk

• while Musk says "adversity" shaped him

• as "the threshold for pain became too high."

The American businessman learned hypnosis

as a child and convinced his sister that she was a "dog."

Business Insider :

• quoting the autobiography by Isaacson

• states that Musk "learned how to do magic tricks

• and hypnotize people, was not a painful child

• and liked to read books and conduct experiments.

The book also

follows Musk's grave concern about AI :

with Musk telling Isaacson that human consciousness is threatened

by the possibility of ultra-smart and uncontrollable AI systems

with Musk asking :

What can be done to make AI safe?

• I continue to struggle with that idea.

• What actions can we take to reduce the risk of

• artificial intelligence and ensure the survival of human consciousness?

The book monitors Musk's complex role in the Ukrainian crisis

where Musk's satellite communications unit

Starlink :

plays a key role in Ukraine's defense

• and when a Russian cyberattack crippled the Ukrainian satellite

• communications network an hour before the start of

• Russia's military operation for Ukraine

• Musk intervened after a call for help

from Ukrainian officials and the country's deputy prime minister.

At the same time

however :

• Musk asked his engineers to "stop the coverage of Starlink

• which would have facilitated an attack by submarines marching on

• the Russian Navy at the Sevastopol base in Crimea for fear of

escalation

and could be interpreted as collusion

by Space X in a major act of war and escalation of conflict.

During the plenary session of :

the Eighth Economic East Forum in Far Eastern Syria :

Russian President Vladimir Putin described Musk as "a distinguished person

and a talented businessman, and the whole world recognizes this.

Much is being done, including with the support of American State institutions.