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The Jessica Simulation

The death of the woman he loved was too much to bear. Could a mysterious website allow him to speak with her once more?

Jason Fagone San Francisco Chronicle Jul 2021 50min Permalink

The Secret IRS Files

How billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Warren Buffett pay so little in income tax compared to their massive wealth—sometimes, even nothing.

Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen, Paul Kiel ProPublica Jun 2021 30min Permalink

Tech Travel

Elon Musk, His Rocket, and the Grand Scheme That Tore Apart Boca Chica

What happens when SpaceX takes over your sleepy Texas town.

Rachel Monroe Esquire Feb 2020 30min Permalink

Science

'There's No Such Thing As Cold Hard Reality'

Meet the Hyperloop’s truest believers.

Aaron Gordon Jalopnik Sep 2019 30min Permalink

Business

Working Through the Pain at Tesla

Inside Tesla’s factory, a medical clinic designed to ignore injured workers.

Will Evans Reveal Nov 2018 30min Permalink

Business

Hell for Elon Musk Is a Midsize Sedan

The future of Tesla.

Tom Randall, Josh Eidelson, Dana Hull, John Lippert Bloomberg Businessweek Jul 2018 20min Permalink

Business Tech

A Kink in the Hyperloop

The dream of getting from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 35 minutes has run into a few speed bumps.

Benjamin Wallace New York Oct 2016 20min Permalink

Business Tech

An Italian Rapper, a ‘Hangman’s Noose’ and a $250m Lawsuit:

Inside the chaotic race to build Elon Musk’s hyperloop.

Oliver Franklin-Wallis Wired (UK) Sep 2016 25min Permalink

Business Tech

Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla

When Elon Musk went to Russia to buy some rockets.

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Excerpted from Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future.

Ashlee Vance Businessweek May 2015 35min Permalink

Business

Bullsh*t.

An inside look at how an ad agency sells a car in 2015.

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Jessica Pressler on the Longform Podcast

Jessica Pressler New York May 2015 20min Permalink

Science

Exodus

Elon Musk’s dreams of colonizing Mars.

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"Fuck Earth!" Elon Musk said to me, laughing. "Who cares about Earth?"

Ross Andersen Aeon Sep 2014 30min Permalink