Walter Isaacson on Elon Musk with David Axelrod

From the author of Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, Einstein and more, Walter Isaacson returns to Chicago Humanities with the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence—and took over Twitter. For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. Join Chicago Humanities as David Axelrod, CNN contributor and host of Thee Axe Files, leads a live taping on Musk’s turbulent journey to the top of three worlds: science, business, and the public square. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?

This program is presented in partnership with Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities.

This program is presented as part of the NielsenIQ Series on Artificial Intelligence.

This program is presented in partnership with WTTW.

[peterredman]

Please interviewers DON'T interrupt the person to whom you have just asked a question!

[beverlyanello]

Constant awful interruptions from interviewer!

[yohannesdemessie]

What kind of interviewer is this, he doesn't have patience to listen after he asks a question.

[Futszur]

I love how they dont talk about the Twitter files and the control the agencies had over social media being one of the main reasons him buying it

[tonysurber]

Israel should have taken Gaza back, the very moment that the arabs broke their end of the land deal on Gaza. I would have. Read the prophecy about it." Gaza will be abandoned
and Ashkelon left in ruins.
At midday Ashdod will be emptied
and Ekron uprooted.
5 Woe to you who live by the sea,
you Kerethite people;
the word of the Lord is against you,
Canaan, land of the Philistines.
He says, “I will destroy you,
and none will be left.”
6 The land by the sea will become pastures
having wells for shepherds
and pens for flocks.
7 That land will belong
to the remnant of the people of Judah;" .